Ruth discusses her dad's experiences during the Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. She talks about how his violence at home impacted the family and how the past often influences the present. She also chats about why unnuanced family violence groups don't work and how to heal from past traumas by crafting a new story of oneself and one's experiences.

Ruth Clare is the award-winning author of the memoir, Enemy. Her book, published by Penguin in 2016, explores her experience of growing up in a home with family violence and is a search to understand how the Vietnam War impacted her father’s behaviour. Ruth is also a TEDx and keynote speaker who hosts and speaks at events and conferences Australia-wide using many of the skills she developed after working throughout her twenties as a professional actor.
Ruth’s writing has been described as “...raw, ...evocative, ...magnetic, ...insightful and ...brilliantly moving,” and has appeared in publications such as The Age, Meanjin, Elle and The Good Weekend. Ruth is working on her second non-fiction book, Powerful, which focuses on ways to make it through the dark moments, and how changing the stories we tell ourselves about our lives can reconnect us to our personal power.

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