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The phone suddenly rings on an October evening, close to midnight. Christina’s husband picks it up and this time it is serious. They get in the car immediately, and as they arrive, Christina’s daughter is standing outside her house with her two children. The daughter has been severely beaten by her husband, the children’s father. Locks of hair are falling from her head and her neck is bruised. The violent man is drunk; he screams and shouts it is a complete mess. And amid all this stand two young children, Christina’s grandchildren, shivering and scared.
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Sandberg, L. (2016). Caught In Between: Grandparents Responding to Violence and Negotiating Family Roles and Responsibilities. In: Hydén, M., Gadd, D., Wade, A. (eds) Response Based Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137409546_6
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