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In the traditions of Speak, this remarkable debut novel stocks the unforgettable account of a young female as she struggles to find power in the aftermath of assault. Eden was always proficient at being good. Starting senior high school didn't change who she was. But the nights her brother's closest friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes. That which was once simple is currently complicated. What Eden once enjoyed - who she once enjoyed - she now hates. What she thought she understood to be true is currently lies. Nothing is practical any longer, and she is aware of she's supposed to inform someone what occurred, but she can't. So she buries it instead. And she buries just how she used to be. Advised in four parts - freshman, sophomore, junior, and final years - this provocative debut discloses the deep cuts of trauma. But it addittionally demonstrates one young woman's power as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable aches of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships damaged and rebuilt, while understanding how to embrace a power of survival she never understood she had hidden within her heart.