She used to be nice : a novel
2025
Book
"One night in college changed the course of Avery's entire life. Her rapist took everything from her...A year later, she still can't bear to tell the truth about what happened and risk her friendship with Morgan...Avery finds her way under a man or into a bottle just to convince herself that she has power over her feelings and her autonomy...That is, until she meets Pete, a man so kind and good that he awakens a part of Avery that makes her want to try something new. But somehow Avery's rapist has resurfaced in her life as the best man in Morgan's wedding...As the wedding nears, Avery must decide whether to finally let her walls down and tell her truth or risk spiraling toward a darkness she may never be able to recover from"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9798892421713
Description: 329 pages ; 22 cm
Control Number: 3407326
Publisher: New York, New York : Alcove Press, ©2025.Subjects:
- Healing -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.
- Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
- Rape -- Fiction.
- Rape victims -- Fiction.
- Self-destructive behavior -- Fiction.
- Sexual abuse victims -- Fiction.
- Sexual assault.
- Sexual violence.
- Weddings -- Fiction.
- Women -- Violence against -- Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.