{ "item_title" : "Broken People", "item_author" : [" Rachel Thompson "], "item_description" : "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 knowthey'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.Broken People is a book of courage, resilience, and overcoming challenges Rachelfaced as a survivor. Through her three books Broken Pieces, Broken Places, andBroken People, Rachel has courageously shared her truth and the journey of her life.It's not all rosy and pretty and that's the beauty of these books. They represent thetruth of a survivor, a mother, an empowered person who was made to believe she hasno charge in her life but challenged that, and emerged on the other side.These books have not only allowed her to openly share her experiences, they alsoprovide hope, guidance, and a way forward for girls and women who feel they haveno hope left in them. Dr. Shruti Kapoor, Founder, Sayfty TrustThis third book in her Broken series, Broken People is both heart-wrenching in itshonesty, and hope-filled in its commitment to recovery. Through her beautiful, gentlyscribed work, Rachel shows the destruction that sexual abuse causes, and also thehope and strength that is conceived in the healing process. She speaks to you, thereader, like a warm friend who is by your side. For survivors, Rachel's voice is that ofa wise older sister, looking out for you and comforting you when you feel alone withall the carnage that sexual trauma can leave in its wake. Judith Staff, Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Post Graduate Diploma in Integrated Provision for Early Years, United Kingdom", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/99/928/225/0999282255_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "12.99", "online_price" : "12.99", "our_price" : "12.99", "club_price" : "12.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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