Shout

This gripping memoir in free verse recounts the stories of the author’s troubled childhood, including her struggle to survive and cope after being raped at thirteen and the long-lasting repercussions of the assault, her parents’ mental health issues and addiction, and family moves which resulted in a sense of mistrust, displacement, and broken friendships. This timely memoir references the Me Too movement and deals with issues of patriarchy, sexual assault, the objectification, demoralization, and silencing of women, feminism from the 1970s to the current day, moral dilemmas, and power imbalances. Suitable for English 10-12 and Social Justice 12 classes. Social considerations noted.