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How do you stop the trauma of your past from derailing your future?

Ruth Clare learnt from a young age how to be a warrior. She protected her mum, stood up to her dad and defied authority in the face of injustice. But when the same fierceness that helped her survive the violence of her childhood threatened to hurt her relationship with her children, she knew she needed to confront the family secrets she had been guarding for so long.

Powerful, vulnerable and wise, this unforgettable story shines a light on the heartbreaking impact of military service on veterans and the unrecognized price families can pay when a parent returns home from war.

For fans of Educated by Tara Westover and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.

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How do you stop the trauma of your past from derailing your future?

Award-winning author, Ruth Clare, learnt from a young age how to be a warrior. She protected her mum, stood up to her dad and defied authority in the face of injustice. But when the same fierceness that helped her survive the unpredictability and violence of her childhood threatened to hurt her relationship with her children, she knew she needed to find a way move beyond the anger that had once been her only protection.

By learning more about her fathers experience in the Vietnam War, and the unrecognized price families of veterans can pay for their parents military service, Ruth gains a deeper understanding of the often-generational nature of family trauma that helps her begin to let go of her past. Told with captivating urgency and breathtaking honesty, Enemy is a profoundly insightful true story of rising above the worst of circumstances and using the transformative power of compassion to heal.

"Resembling a novel in its sensory detail and riveting narrative." --Australian Book Review

"Brilliantly moving" --Annabel Crabb, Best-selling author

Extraordinary memoir -- Booktopia.

"An emotionally charged and thoroughly engaging book." --The Australian

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As a child, Ruth Clare didnt know her father was a Vietnam veteran. She didnt know people went to war and came back changed. What she knew, was that no matter how vigilant she was, or how desperately she tried to please, she always seemed to set off her fathers anger. With a mother too scared to intervene when anger became violence, Ruth learnt to stand up for herself, and others, vowing never to allow the circumstance of her life to defeat her.

After becoming a parent, Ruths fear of repeating the damaging patterns of her past with her own children ignited a need to understand more about the generational impacts of war. Weaving personal stories of veterans, and research into the overlap of trauma and domestic violence in military populations, Ruth shines a much-needed light on the heartbreaking price children of veterans can pay when a parent returns home from war.

An invaluable contribution to modern war history, this deeply moving, award-winning memoir gives a powerful voice to the far-reaching impacts of war, and the unrecognised sacrifice of families of veterans.

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