In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado · 2019

MemoirLiterary fiction

Banned in 1 country

Carmen Maria Machado's 2019 memoir told in experimental form — as a guide to narrative conventions (the haunted house, the choose-your-own-adventure, the fairy tale) — about her abusive relationship with a woman. A landmark work for naming and validating intimate partner violence in queer relationships, a subject historically invisible in both legal frameworks and literature. Challenged in schools for its LGBTQ+ content and its frank portrayal of psychological and physical abuse.