Kind of Cruel (58 page)

Last but far from least: major thanks to Emily Winslow for brilliant editorial advice and suggestions.

The following books have proved fascinating as well as incredibly useful:
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
by Dr Susan Forward,
The Body Never Lies
by Dr Alice Miller,
The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do When a Parent’s Love Rules Your Life
by Dr Patricia Love,
The Narcissistic Family
by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and Robert M. Pressman, and
Facing Codependence
by Pia Mellody.

About the Author

As well as writing psychological thrillers, Sophie

Hannah is a bestselling poet and an awardwinning

short story writer. Her fifth collection of

poetry,
Pessimism for Beginners
, was shortlisted

for the 2007 TS Eliot Award. She won first prize

in the Daphne du Maurier Festival Short Story

competition for her psychological suspense story

The Octopus Nest
. Her psychological thrillers

Little Face
and
Hurting Distance
were long-listed

for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of

the Year Award and
The Other Half Lives
was

shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers’ Book

of the Year Award and a Barry Award.
The Point

of Rescue
was adapted for television in 2011

as
Case Sensitive
, starring Olivia Williams

and Darren Boyd.

Sophie lives with her husband and children in

Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at

Lucy Cavendish College. More information on

Sophie can be found at
www.sophiehannah.com
.

Also by Sophie Hannah

Little Face

Hurting Distance

The Point of Rescue

The Other Half Lives

A Room Swept White

Lasting Damage