The War On Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman, And Criminal Domestic Violence In Canadian Homes

Plot

BRIAN VALLEE worked on newspapers in England, the United States, and Canada before joining CBC’s award-winning documentary program ‘the fifth estate’ where he spent ten years, the last five as a producer/director. Vallée was researcher and associate producer of John Zaritsky’s Oscar-winning documentary, Just Another Missing Kid and two of Vallée’s numerous CBC documentaries won Actra Awards while another won an Audubon Society Award. Life With Billy, Vallée’s previous book on a battered wife, sold more than 300,000 copies in Canada, the United States, and France. A TV movie based on the book won three Gemini Awards in 1995. Vallée’s first novel, Pariah, was published in Canada and the US in 1991.
Brian Vallée lives in Toronto, where he continues to write books and produce documentary films.