Flipping the Switch

Katherine Covell

iyn, 2021 · Somewhat Grumpy Press Inc.

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Alison and Simon lost their daughter to a careless driver who escaped serious punishment. Decades later, at a beach resort in Thailand, they meet other tourists who have suffered similar losses of people close to them, by death or suicide, including as a result of child abuse.

A casual conversation about whether killing a person is justified to prevent further abuse and deaths leads to a series of life-altering events for all of them.

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Katherine Covell is a developmental psychologist and child right's activist with a long history of writing and contributing to academic books and articles. Prior work includes The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada (with R. Brian Howe and J.C. Blokhuis) and Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's Rights (with R. Brian Howe). This is her first novel. She has been trying to write one since she was eight years old. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.