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I find, it's not just the casual attitude to violence, it was the extremes that sometimes occurred -- not just smacking a child, but beating them bloody.

There was a scene in a novel I read several years ago where a man smacks his wife in the face and split her lip and bloodied her nose, causing her to bleed down the front of her gown. This happened in a large group.

Onlookers disapproved, not of him hitting her, but doing it so publicly -- he should have disciplined his wife privately!

Thanks! It can be really difficult to read some of the violent scenes, in your work and in the works of other authors I enjoy. I simply can't handle violence against children. I skip over that, no matter what. Thank you for the response! Have a great day!