Tracy Going vowed to herself as a little girl that her
life would be different from her mother's; that she
would never be beaten up. But then she broke her
own promise.
"As I stood before him all I could see were the lies,
the disappearing for days without warning, the
screaming, the threats, the terror, the hostage-
holding, the keeping me up all night, the dragging me
through the house by my hair, the choking, the doors
locked around me, the phones disconnected, the
isolation, the fear, the uncertainty."
Brutal Legacy is an unflinching account of a romantic
relationship that quickly turned violent. In
mesmerising detail, the former TV and radio
presenter tells the story of how she staggered into a
police station battered and bruised, the harrowing
two-and-a-half-year court process, the immediate
collapse of her career due to the highly public nature
of her assault, her decline into depression and the
decades-long journey to undo the psychological
damages in the search for safety and the reclaiming of self.
The legacy of violence forms the backdrop of the book as Going relives her childhood on a plot in
Brits, laced with the unpredictable rage of an alcoholic father. Brilliantly penned, Brutal Legacy is
ultimately uplifting in the realisation that healing is a lengthy process and that self-forgiveness and
acceptance are essential in order to fully embrace life.
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