{"product_id":"way-i-used-to-be","title":"Way I Used to Be","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWay I Used to Be\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAmber Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781481449366\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret K. McElderry Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller! In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eSpeak, \u003c\/i\u003eAmber Smith's extraordinary debut novel \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved--who she once loved--she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she can't. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in four parts--freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year--this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman's strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace the power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Margaret K. McElderry Books","offers":[{"title":"Way I Used to Be | Amber Smith | Paperback | 9781481449366 | Used: Like New | YA 1658147","offer_id":48751379153048,"sku":"1658147","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/715WeW9WhzL.jpg?v=1773955631","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/way-i-used-to-be","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}