Review

The Mother Wound: Amani Haydar's memoir is much more than a book about domestic violence

By Zora Simic
August 14 2021 - 12:00am
Amani Haydar, with her Archibald Prize entry. Picture: Jason McCormack
Amani Haydar, with her Archibald Prize entry. Picture: Jason McCormack

It was the night of 30 March 2015. Amani Haydar was five months pregnant, working as a lawyer and living happily with her new husband Moey. Her parent's marriage was effectively over, her childhood home had been sold, and her mother was thriving in her job as a drug and alcohol counsellor. Her father, as far as she knew, was visiting family in Lebanon.

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