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The Way I Used to Be Collection (Boxed Set): The Way I Used to Be; The Way I Am Now

by Amber Smith

A two-book story of trauma and its aftermath

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A two-book story of trauma and its aftermath

This hardcover set brings together *The Way I Used to Be* and its sequel, *The Way I Am Now*, following Eden from high school into college after an assault. Across the duology, the source description places the effects of trauma alongside the changing relationships of adolescence: first love and heartbreak, and friendships that fracture and are rebuilt. The paired novels trace Eden’s struggle to make sense of what happened and her effort to move forward, giving the collection a broad arc across several years of her life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about the aftermath of sexual assault and trauma.
  • Readers seeking a two-book coming-of-age arc spanning high school and the start of college.
  • Those interested in stories about first love, heartbreak, and changing friendships.

Themes

Sexual assault and traumaSurvival and recoveryAdolescence and coming of ageFirst love and heartbreakFriendship

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Book overview

A young woman struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault in the New York Times bestselling The Way I Used to Be and tries to move forward in its much anticipated sequel, The Way I Am Now--now available together in a hardcover boxed set.

Eden 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.

What 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.

Following Eden through all four years of high school and beyond as she starts college, this deeply moving duology reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman's strength as she navigates the disappointment of adolescence, first love and first heartbreak, and friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.

This hardcover boxed set includes:
The Way I Used to Be
The Way I Am Now
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