A review by misskjm
Stay With Me by Maureen McCarthy

5.0

Maureen McCarthy has done a wonderful job of depicting domestic abuse in "Stay With Me"- almost too well! As a victim of abuse myself (emotional abuse, mainly), I sometimes found it emotionally distressing as I saw some similarities between my own relationship with my ex and that of Tess and Jay's. Sometimes I had to put this book down and take a breather because it was quite frightening for me. Which is why I loved it. This is a no-holds-barred look at an all-too-common occurrence in Australian society and I am glad that we have this book to rip open the wound and speak up for victims of abuse. I can never know how a victim of such severe physical violence feels- I left before my relationship got that bad- but I would like to thank Ms. McCarthy for this bold novel. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!