Back of the book:
"He held me and told me he loved me and that everything would be fine, and that they'd get the person who did this to me. Having him hold me like that was the only good thing out of it all, having him hold me and being right there with me. I just wished he could have held me harder and tighter and made the bad feelings, the dirty feelings, go away. But I don't think you can hold a person that tight, so tight that she's in your heart, way inside your skin, being cleaned and warmed by your blood.
Mine:
Great story of recovering from a sexual assault incident. A 13-year-old protagonist at first doesn't feel safe outside of her house - even walking down the street to visit her best friend. It takes almost a year before she is able to feel more or less herself again. This book kind of droned on for me, but all in all I think it was still a great story. It's sad that someone so young had to live through something like this. But it really does happen, more than it should.
"He held me and told me he loved me and that everything would be fine, and that they'd get the person who did this to me. Having him hold me like that was the only good thing out of it all, having him hold me and being right there with me. I just wished he could have held me harder and tighter and made the bad feelings, the dirty feelings, go away. But I don't think you can hold a person that tight, so tight that she's in your heart, way inside your skin, being cleaned and warmed by your blood.
Mine:
Great story of recovering from a sexual assault incident. A 13-year-old protagonist at first doesn't feel safe outside of her house - even walking down the street to visit her best friend. It takes almost a year before she is able to feel more or less herself again. This book kind of droned on for me, but all in all I think it was still a great story. It's sad that someone so young had to live through something like this. But it really does happen, more than it should.
