![]() ![]() Maggie wants to forget what happened, but between insomnia, flashbacks, and a triggering email from a fellow student with a similar experience, she is having difficulty moving forward with her life. She moves in with her aunt Wren in upstate New York to escape her college town and harassment from classmates who are angry at her for reporting her rape. ![]() ![]() Maggie is taking a year off from college after surviving a traumatic sexual assault. In a book that is both urgent and timely, Melissa Ostrom explores the intricacies of shame and victim-blaming that accompany the aftermath of assault. Just when Maggie musters the courage to answer her emails, the young woman goes silent. Her troubles intensify when she begins to receive messages from another student who has survived a rape on her old campus. Worse, the trauma Maggie hoped to leave behind has followed her, haunting her in ways she can’t control, including flashbacks, insomnia, and a sense of panic. Maggie wants to forget, heal, and hide, but her aunt’s place harbors secrets and situations that complicate the plan. Maggie moves in with her Aunt Wren, a sculptor who lives in an isolated cabin bordered by nothing but woods and water. After surviving an assault at an off-campus party, nineteen-year-old Maggie is escaping her college town, and, because her reporting the crime has led to the expulsion of some popular athletes, many people-in particular, the outraged Tigers fans-are happy to see her go. ![]()
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