NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER тАв A memoir in poetry by one of the most crucial activists for sexual assault survivors writing today.
тАЬA captivating, powerful read about clawing your way out of trauma, reclaiming your body, and undoing lifetimes of lessons in order to use your voice as the weapon it is.тАЭтАФBooklist, starred review
тАЬSpeak[s] for the still-silent among us, and forces all of us to acknowledge the real and painful truths that are too dangerous to ignore.тАЭтАФThe New York Times
When she was thirteen years old, Laurie Halse Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. Today, sheтАЩs known as the New York Times bestselling author of Speak and many other novels, a two-time National Book Award nominee, and an advocate and activist.
In this powerful and searing book of free verse, Anderson tells the story sheтАЩs never shared publicly before: what happened to her as a teenager, the path to recovery she built herself, and how she turned her pain into art that would go on to help millions of readers the world over.
This book is for anyone who has ever been lost, ignored, silenced, abused, assaulted, harassed, talked down to, made to feel small, or knows someone who has. ItтАЩs for the writers and the readers, the dreamers, story weavers, poem collectors, song traders, word eaters. ItтАЩs for the heartsick and the hope-filled, the furious and the fierce, the creators of call-outs, and anyone with the courage to say тАЬ#MeToo,тАЭ whether aloud, online, or only in your own heart.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER тАв A memoir in poetry by one of the most crucial activists for sexual assault survivors writing today.
тАЬA captivating, powerful read about clawing your way out of trauma, reclaiming your body, and undoing lifetimes of lessons in order to use your voice as the weapon it i...