The Inspiration behind
Between You and Me
If I’m completely
honest, the inspiration for Between You and Me seemed to come out of nowhere –
the ending of the novel was actually the first idea that came to me, and I
decided it had legs after running it past Mr H and he gave it the thumbs up.
Once I had the main idea, it was a question of going back and figuring out who
my characters were and how they ended up in the situation that they did –
something that was easier said than done.
I haven’t been a victim of a violent relationship, but I do know others who have, so I had a lot of research to do in order to get things just right. I spent hours reading the stories of victims of domestic violence, and talking to several people who had been involved and managed to leave, and it really brought it home to me just how common an occurrence this kind of behaviour is – it was completely harrowing and by the time I was finished with the research my characters were screaming to get put down on the page.
I haven’t been a victim of a violent relationship, but I do know others who have, so I had a lot of research to do in order to get things just right. I spent hours reading the stories of victims of domestic violence, and talking to several people who had been involved and managed to leave, and it really brought it home to me just how common an occurrence this kind of behaviour is – it was completely harrowing and by the time I was finished with the research my characters were screaming to get put down on the page.
The other side of the story is the idea that people can look at others’ lives and deem them ‘perfect’, without ever really knowing what goes on behind closed doors. We all know people who are ‘lucky’ – they might live in a bigger house than us, drive a better car than us, have better behaved children than us (probably most definitely in my case, Team Hall do love a bit of naughtiness) but we don’t know the circumstances that put them there, or the struggles that might have taken place. How do we know what really goes on behind closed doors? None of us knows for sure what happens once the curtains are drawn.
About Lisa Hall
Lisa Hall loves words, reading and
everything there is to love about books. She has dreamed of being a writer
since she was a little girl – either that or a librarian - and after years of
talking about it, was finally brave enough to put pen to paper (and let people
actually read it). Lisa lives in a small
village in Kent, surrounded by her towering TBR pile, a rather large brood of
children, dogs, chickens and ponies and her long-suffering husband. She is also
rather partial to eating cheese and drinking wine.
Readers can find out more about Lisa on her website and Facebook page and
By Lisa Hall
Published by Carina (17 March 2016)
Publisher's description
They say every marriage has its secrets.
But no one sees what happens behind closed doors.
And sometimes those doors should never be opened …
Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren’t happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does – no matter how much it hurts.
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