{"product_id":"9781914240270","title":"The Unthinkable : A Story of Control, Violence and My Mother by David Challen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"When [my mother] struck, it was with the cumulative rage of 30 years of hurt.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Challen grew up in the perfect home with the model family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Challen also grew up inside a house which concealed his father's manipulation and control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a Saturday in 2010, his mother struck twenty blows to the back of her husband's head with a hammer after 35 years of abuse. She then turned off the stove she had been cooking his lunch on and washed the dirty dishes and left the house. In those few minutes, David's life was changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next decade, he led the fight to \u003cb\u003eoverturn her conviction\u003c\/b\u003e; and in doing so he not only freed his mother and transformed the legal system but also \u003cb\u003ebecame a voice \u003c\/b\u003efor the countless victims of coercive control across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55205871649141,"sku":"9781914240270","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781914240270_b108810f-1832-4e6e-8652-2740b43c67fd.jpg?v=1748099429","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781914240270","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}