Published in 2023
8 hours and 23 minutes
Ruth Clare is an award-winning author, TEDx speaker, performer, qualified scientist and expert on resilience, authenticity and change. A master storyteller both on the page and on the stage, in addition to spending decades as a professional writer, Ruth has performed in television, film and theatrical productions. Her TEDx talk, The Pain of Hiding Your True Self, has had more than a half a million views. Ruth lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.
What is this book about?
How do you stop the trauma of your past from derailing your future?
Award-winning author, Ruth Clare, learnt from a young age how to be a warrior. She protected her mum, stood up to her dad and defied authority in the face of injustice. But when the same fierceness that helped her survive the unpredictability and violence of her childhood threatened to hurt her relationship with her children, she knew she needed to find a way move beyond the anger that had once been her only protection.
By learning more about her father’s experience in the Vietnam War, and the unrecognised price families of veterans can pay for their parent’s military service, Ruth gains a deeper understanding of the often-generational nature of family trauma that softens the pain of her past. Told with captivating urgency and breathtaking honesty, Enemy is a profoundly insightful true story of rising above the worst of circumstances and using the transformative power of compassion to heal.
