A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author ofHer Body and Other Parties."A dark jewel reflecting something startling — familiar and strange" (Suzanne Moore, The Guardian).In The Dream HouseisCarmen Maria Machado'sengrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse."..a wildly propulsive memoir, an ambulatory survey of the genre... It’s easy for writers to prioritize the mind and forget about the body, with its cracks and chronic thrum; but Machado’s work is an aide-mémoire for corporeality ... Her memoir, like the dream house, is lived-in."-Durga Chew-Bose, New York Times Book ReviewEach chapter views the relationship through a different lens, asMachadoholds events up to the light and examines them from distinct angles. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction, infusing all with her characteristic wit, playfulness and openness to enquiry. The result is a powerful book thatexplodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.