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The Way I Used to Be

by Amber Smith • 2016

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

4.14

200k+

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

The Way I Used to Be

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

by Amber Smith 2016 385 pages

4.14

200k+ ratings

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

4k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009 112 pages

4.04

4k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 1999

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

4.05

600k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Speak

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 1999 224 pages

4.05

600k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

19k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Hope

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages

4.37

19k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence 🔄 Stockholm Syndrome 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Tears of the Desert

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008 396 pages

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault ⚖️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Notes on a Silencing

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault ⚖️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Volar sobre el pantano superando adversidad

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez • 1995

His sister's letter pulls a newlywed back into a swamp of abuse, addiction, and secrets.

3.47

3k+

🕊️ Inspirational Fiction 🔒 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Support Groups 💔 Sexual Assault Survivor

Volar sobre el pantano superando adversidad

His sister's letter pulls a newlywed back into a swamp of abuse, addiction, and secrets.

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez 1995 192 pages

3.47

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Inspirational Fiction 🔒 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Support Groups 💔 Sexual Assault Survivor

Tough Sh*t

by Sheridan Anne • 2020

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

4.17

4k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Tough Sh*t

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

by Sheridan Anne 2020 446 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

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