Hello dear Readers,
Below is my book review of Crying Wolf: A Memoir by Eden Boudreau.
Title: Crying Wolf: A Memoir
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Genre: Memoir
Author: Eden Boudreau
Publisher: Book*hug Press
Publication Date: March 22, 2023
Publication Date: March 22, 2023
Language: English
Paperback: 232 pages
Meet the Author: Eden Boudreau
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Meet the Author: Eden Boudreau
Buy Me: Amazon
Book Description
It's a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. Boy wants a girl. The girl says no. The boy takes what he wants anyway.
After a violent sexual assault, Eden Boudreau was faced with a choice: call the police and explain that a man who wasn't her husband, who she had agreed to go on a date with, had just raped her. Or go home and pray that, in the morning, it would be only a nightmare.
In the years that followed, Eden was met with disbelief by strangers, friends, and the authorities, often as a result of stigma towards her non-monogamy, sex positivity, and bisexuality. Societal conditioning of acceptable female sexuality silenced her to a point of despair, leading to addiction and even attempted suicide. It was through the act of writing that she began to heal.
Crying Wolf is a gripping memoir that shares the raw path to recovery after violence and spotlights the ways survivors are too often demonized or ignored when they belong to marginalized communities. Boudreau heralds a new era for others dismissed for "crying wolf." After all, women prevailing to change society for others is also a tale as old as time.
This was such a raw, honest, vulnerable, and sad story but brave and real nonetheless.
Every time I read a memoir, I convince myself more that you not only have to have the courage to tell your story but also keep reminding yourself that in the end, it is worth it even if only helps one person.
Vulnerability and being brave enough to want to share your experiences and traumas, especially on a topic such as sensitive and hard as sexual assault is.
I thank the author for writing this book, and for being so open and honest about what she went through.
Thank you Book*hug Press and Netgalley for the free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Wendy