THE UNTHINKABLE is 2025's answer to A THREAD OF VIOLENCE with the plot twists of GONE GIRL

David Challen grew up in the perfect household. In the perfect house. With the model family of 2.5 children. David Challen also grew up in a household that was dominated and ruled by his father's humiliations, manipulations and mind games.

On a Saturday morning in August 2010, his quiet, fearful mother struck twenty blows to the back of his father's head with their family hammer. After killing him, she turned back to the stove she had been cooking his lunch on and turned off the gas, washed the pans and dishes and left the house. In those few minutes, she changed the legal system and lives of countless women forever.

THE UNTHINKABLE is the first time the story of the coercive control that led his mother to kill his father has been told.

About the Author

David Challen is a domestic abuse campaigner and keynote speaker. He successfully campaigned to free his mother Sally Challen in a landmark appeal recognising the lifetime of coercive control she suffered in February 2019.

David continues to speak out against violence against women, coercive control and recognising women's experiences in the criminal justice system.

David is a Prison Advice and Care Trust Ambassador (PACT) and a Supporter of the National Centre For Domestic Violence.

Book Information
ISBN 9781914240263
Author David Challen
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint BRAZEN
Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 41g