Andrea Leeb

Such a Pretty Picture (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For readers of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, a candid and heart-wrenching memoir about child abuse, family secrets, and the healing that begins once the truth is revealed and the past is confronted. Andrea is four and a half the first time her father, David, gives her a bath. Although she is young, she knows there is something strange about the way he is touching her. When her mother, Marlene, walks in to check on them, she howls and crumples to the floorand when she opens her eyes, she is blind. Marlene's hysterical blindness lasts for weeks, but her willful blindness lasts decades. The abuse continues, and Andrea spends a childhood living with a secret she can't tell and a shame she is too afraid to name.

Despite it, she survives. She builds a life and tells herself she is fine. But at age thirty-three, an unwanted grope on a New York City subway triggers her past. Suddenly unable to remember how to forget, Andrea is forced to confront her pastand finally begin to heal.

This brave debut offers honest insight into a survivor's journey. Readers will feel Andrea's pain, her fear, and her shameyet they will also feel her hope. And like Andrea, they will come to understand an important truth: though healing is complicated, it is possible to find joy and even grace in the wake of the most profound betrayals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781647429959
• Artikelnr.: 73341139

Autorenporträt

Andrea Leeb has an MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars and her work has been published in several journals including Litro Magazine, the Potomac Review, The Readers Post Journal, TPT Magazine, and HerStry. Previously, Andrea has worked as an attorney, and a registered nurse and as scuba instructor. She currently spends her time writing, practicing yoga, and volunteering at local and global non-profit organizations. She lives in Venice Beach, California.