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Smith, Amber

The Way I Used to Be

371 pp. | McElderry | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-4935-9 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-4937-3
(3) YA The five minutes it takes her brother's best friend to rape high-school freshman Edy begin her transformation, explored over four years, into Eden--a promiscuous, angry, terrified, and brave teen determined to separate herself from "that girl" who stayed silent about her rape. The harsh immediacy of Eden's present-tense narration rings true, as does her complex journey of healing and maturation in this sweeping debut.
Reviewer: Rebecca Fox

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