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Long before the #MeToo movement, Rachel Thompson started sharing what it was like to grow up and live with the constant trauma of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and other sexual crimes in her award-winning memoirs, Broken Pieces and Broken Places.

Broken People is the third book in this series, where she continues to explore, through hard-hitting essays and lyrical poetry, the difficulties and joys of navigating relationships, healing, and love in an environment not always conducive to survivors.

If you’re a survivor or know one, you need this book.

I write what scares me. I tell uncomfortable truths.

I want other survivors of rape and sexual assault to know

they’re not alone.

I’ll be the voice.

I am the voice.

Healing is possible. Every survivor must find their own healing path.

This is mine.

My Review:

TRIGGER WARNING. I knew that going in to this book that it would trigger me. Any yes, it did do that, but I also wanted to see how the author dealt with all that had gone on in her life. I did not read the first two books, and this book is fine to read as a standalone. Just be aware, there are many triggers. Broken Pieces is written with gut-wrenching honesty and yet, despite all of that, the author shows that healing can happen. Sexual trauma, I can relate. Dealing with it, I can relate. This is a good book for those who wish to know how one feels after this kind of trauma, and for other survivors, this book may help you come to terms with your own struggle.