denial A MEMOIR OF TERROR Author:Jessica Stern "Jessica Stern's harrowing memoir of a girl whom trauma has taught to distrust herself, and who learns to live with the idea of her helplessness, examines the violence at the heart of things, with an appeal to compassion and forgiveness, rather than a condemnation of the destructive impulses that haunt each of us." — -Susannna Moore, author of In... more » the Cut« less
A difficult read at times due to the subject matter. However, Jessica Stern bravely tells her story alternating between deep raw emotion and educated clinical analysis. She's a good writer and I admire her courage.