BUTTERFLY PINNING

<p class=ql-align-justify>To the outside world Alec and Tess have the perfect marriage. Yet behind closed doors a stormy pendulum of seduction and coercion exists. Alec is masterful mercurial chameleon. Trapped like a pinned butterfly Tess survives by silence and small acts of compliance. </p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p><em>Butterfly Pinning</em>-a modern tale in verse mirrors the themes of Thomas Hardy's classic <em>Tess of the d'Urbervilles.</em> Between bold strokes and subtle nuances Brooks addresses coercive control and sexual abuse where the marriage contract upheld as a woman's sacred protection is too often her greatest vulnerability.</p><p> </p><p>Written as an act of resistance against silence. </p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p> </p>