Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation Own Voices into a triumphant and wholly

into a triumphant and wholly original idiom

An adored older brother vanishes into prison

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Though the mainstream media saturates us with the boring norms of queer representation (with a recent focus on trans visibility)

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation Own Voices into a triumphant and whollyA lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misunderstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. "A groundbreaking exploration of women's often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault Extensive, empathetic A vital record of a little discussed aspect of women's lived reality." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Girls Play Dead reads like a novel, exquisitely rendered,