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    "description": "<p><span>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.</span><br /><br /><span>Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn&rsquo;t change who she was. But the night her brother&rsquo;s best friend rapes her, Eden&rsquo;s world capsizes.</span><br /><br /><span>What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved&mdash;who she once loved&mdash;she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she&rsquo;s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can&rsquo;t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.</span><br /><br /><span>Told in four parts&mdash;freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year&mdash;this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman&rsquo;s 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.</span></p>",
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