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“I want the society in which I live to be clear about the reality of our families; to know all the ways in which we avoid the issues of violence, abuse, and societal contempt; and to see survivors as more than victims. If we know more about what it means to survive abuse, we will be better able to help those still caught in the whole shameful secret world of physical and sexual violence.”
― Bastard Out of Carolina
― Bastard Out of Carolina
“We had all wanted the simplest thing, to love and be loved and be safe together, but we had lost it and I didn’t know how to get it back.”
― Bastard Out of Carolina
― Bastard Out of Carolina
“Her body is one long sigh.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
“This is a bad world; nor have I had cause to leave it with regret.”
― The Castle of Otranto
― The Castle of Otranto
“Later that night she picked the polish off
with her front teeth until the bed you shared
for seven years seemed speckled with glitter
and blood.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
with her front teeth until the bed you shared
for seven years seemed speckled with glitter
and blood.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
The Godmothers
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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
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