The Way I Used to Be The Way I Used to Be
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The Way I Used to Be

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Publisher Description

New York Times bestseller! In the tradition of Speak, Amber Smith's extraordinary debut novel “is a heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength” (The Boston Globe).

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.

What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.

Told in four parts—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year—this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace the power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.

GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2016
March 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Margaret K. McElderry Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
6.1
MB
AUDIENCE
Grades 9 and Above

Customer Reviews

Esstaughtyou ,

5/5…Life changing.

This book changed my life. This book saved me at a time in my life where I was Eden. You will NEVER know how thankful I am for this. I have a quote from here tattooed on me & I already preordered the sequel. Thank you so much. 5/5.

hmt1134 ,

AMAZING!!!

I absolutely loved reading this book, the suspense kept me on my toes!! Cannot wait to read the 2nd book.

Elizabeth, Meghan, Markle ,

My honest opinion

I don’t people are reading the comments and not buying themselves a copy, but this book had me bawling my eyes out. Eden was so pretty, but I absolutely hated how she used Steve for her benefits and I absolutely hate how Eden’s brother didn’t even care or respond to how People are reading the comments and not buying themselves a copy, but this book had me bawling my eyes out. Eden was so pretty, but I absolutely hated how she used Steve for her benefits and I absolutely hate how Eden‘s brother didn’t even care about her, it wasn’t until the end where he really liked her

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