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Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

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“My dad’s conflict had not ended when he left the battlefield. It continued on forever inside him, sending shockwaves into the hearts and souls of his family.”

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“I closed my eyes and wished the way I felt in that moment, lucky and loved, could last forever.”

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“It felt like someone had waved a magic wand over my life, wiping out the mother I had known before. I wasn’t sure which one was the dream – the person she had been when Dad was living with us, or the one she was now.”

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“He drained her of self worth: death by a thousand cuts. Snide little comments, rolling eyes and always that tone in his voice, the one that told her how worthless she was.”

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“I felt my throat ache and knew it was her sadness I swallowed down”

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“People could see whatever they wanted to see on the outside, but if they scratched the surface they would find I too pulsed with dangerous power. This was my secret. This was my weapon. This was what would get me through.”

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“Every good trait has its shadow side.”

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“I had never been to war, but I knew what it was like to be prepared to face the enemy every day. The difference was, my enemy wasn’t a faceless stranger. My enemy was someone I loved.”

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“If all the bruises and pain Dad had marked me with over the years formed a permanent stain, people like Moustache Man might shut the hell up about what a great father I had.”

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