I
loved The Next Girl because I resonated with the main character, Billie,
so much.
All of Pip Drysdale’s books are fast-paced, making her novels
difficult to put down at the best of times, but reading Billie’s inner
monologue and understanding her motivations, all I could think is, "Oh, gosh, I
would probably do this, and this would be how I die."
I could understand her
determination to protect another woman from danger; and in a sense, it helped
me heal a little from my own past.
Not only did I identify with Billie, but I
was so obsessed with this book that I finished it in a day – I even read it while
having a long bath! Some books just can’t be put down, and this is one of them.
For fans of The Perfect Girlfriend, The Flight Attendant, and Promising Young Woman, a compulsively readable suspense novel about a woman who will stop at nothing to expose the dark secrets of a powerful man—with shocking results.
A bad day at work. A drunken night. A rogue Instagram follow. That’s all it takes to ruin a life...but whose life will be ruined?
When Billie wakes up in a strange guy’s bed, her first thought is: What happened last night? She can’t even remember meeting him. And how the hell did she get to Coney Island?
I
was devastated, heartbroken, furious, livid, and filled with both despair and
hope while reading this book. While I’ve been failed by the
police for not taking what happened to me seriously and refusing to file a
report, I thought maybe the problem was me, maybe I wasn’t believable.
I discovered that there were millions of
women who weren’t “believable” and had more evidence than I ever did was both
cathartic and infuriating. It filled me with hope, however, that there were two
barristers, Robinson and Yoshida, who were working to change that.
It was also
incredibly insightful (terrifying) learning how many threats Johnny Depp and
his team sent to UN Women, studio executives, and anyone who associated with
Amber Heard in any way.
HOW MANY MORE WOMEN have to be raped or abused before we act? need to accuse him before we believe her? will be failed by the criminal justice system? need to say something before we do something? will be sued for defamation for speaking out? will be contracted to silence?
From two internationally acclaimed lawyers comes a masterful and urgent exploration of the legal response to the MeToo movement in Australia and around the world.
We are in a crucial moment: women are breaking through the cultural reticence to speak out about gender-based violence. But as they have grown empowered…
I’ll be honest: The Red Tree is a book I’ve read
countless times. It’s one of my favorite books. It might seem on the surface
like a children’s book, as it has very few words and amazing
illustrations, but it’s not.
It’s a book that seems like it’s about depression –
a place “where darkness overcomes you” and the “world is a deaf
machine” – but it’s not. It’s a book about hope. It’s about how hope is
always there in the darkest of places, even when you think there is no hope
left.
The illustrations are quintessential, as Shaun Tan draws in a tiny piece
of hope you have to find on every page before you reach the end and realize
hope was always there – you just didn’t see it earlier.
After meeting a handsome stranger, Caitlin's seemingly
perfect teenage life turns upside down after a vicious sexual assault.
As
Caitlin struggles with her before and after, she's confronted
with one ugly reality: You can't hide from trauma.
You Know You Want It
delves not only into the destructive consequences sexual assault leaves on the
victims but also examines the harsh reality of rape culture and victim-blaming
almost all survivors are subjected to.
