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Novel Highlights Female-Perpetrated Domestic Abuse in Scotland

8/12/2026

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In author Tom Newlands' novel *Nothing Like Happiness*, Caitlin punches Frazer during a heated argument, leaving him on the ground.
The novel shows Frazer and Caitlin raising their autistic five-year-old son Jamie in a council flat in Scotland.
The novel notes one in six domestic-abuse cases involve a female perpetrator and a male victim.
Newlands, a writer, released the 2024 debut *Only Here, Only Now* about a teen with ADHD.

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Story summary

In author Tom Newlands' novel *Nothing Like Happiness*, Caitlin punches Frazer during a heated argument, leaving him on the ground.
The novel shows Frazer and Caitlin raising their autistic five-year-old son Jamie in a council flat in Scotland.
The novel notes one in six domestic-abuse cases involve a female perpetrator and a male victim.
Newlands, a writer, released the 2024 debut *Only Here, Only Now* about a teen with ADHD.