Tradwives and Other Dangerous Fantasies — A Memoir by Rebecca Marlor
One Man’s Legacy of Destruction
As social media and modern discourse romanticise traditional values, Tradwives & Other Dangerous Fantasies examines one family that lived at the extremes of what that era enabled.
A true crime memoir, it examines domestic violence through family systems, inherited power and the expectation that women exist in service to men.
Through three generations of one Australian family, it asks not only how abuse begins, but how it survives, evolves and replicates across generations.
About the Book
A true crime memoir spanning seventy years.
One family.
Three generations.
The deeper you look, the worse it gets.
Why This Book Now
For many people, the past has become an aesthetic.
It’s easy to romanticise an era you didn’t have to survive.
This book isn’t interested in nostalgia.
I recorded the stories they couldn’t silence.
This isn’t fiction.
This happened.
Rebecca Marlor
Rebecca Marlor is an Australian writer whose work explores the systems that shape human behaviour, relationships and institutions.
Drawing on a career spanning government, higher education, communications and organisational strategy, her writing examines power, governance and the stories societies tell about themselves.
Tradwives & Other Dangerous Fantasies is her first book.
Read Full BioThey Always Want More
The systems explored in Tradwives & Other Dangerous Fantasies didn’t disappear.
They evolved.
On They Always Want More, Rebecca writes about invisible labour, artificial intelligence, relationships, organisations and the modern systems shaping how we live and work.
Some essays connect directly to the memoir.
Others explore the broader forces surrounding it.
Early Reader Praise
Even knowing parts of the story beforehand, I was completely compelled by its fleshing out. Marlor writes with warmth and empathy, conveying strong messages about deeply sensitive topics.
Rebecca's book is powerful and important. She writes about family secrets with understanding while showing bigger issues affecting women in difficult relationships.
A meticulously researched account that connects personal narrative to broader social patterns with remarkable clarity.
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