num_pages: 385
description: In the tradition of Speak this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didnt change who she was. But the night her brothers best friend rapes her Edens world capsizes.What was once simple is now complex. What Eden once lovedwho she once lovedshe now hates. What she thought she knew to be true is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore and she knows shes supposed to tell someone what happened but she cant. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.Told in four partsfreshman sophomore junior and senior yearthis provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young womans strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence of first love and first heartbreak of friendships broken and rebuilt and while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
language: English
title: The Way I Used to Be
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books