{"product_id":"the-way-i-used-to-be-amber-smith","title":"The Way I Used to Be - Amber Smith","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"Text Text__title3 Text__italic Text__regular Text__subdued\" aria-label=\"Book 1 in the The Way I Used to Be series\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/379412-the-way-i-used-to-be\" aria-label=\"Book 1 in the The Way I Used to Be series\"\u003eThe Way I Used to Be\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e#1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Times bestseller! In the tradition of Speak, Amber Smith's extraordinary debut novel “ is a heart-twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength” ( The Boston Globe ).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e376 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published March 22, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43058392793182,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/30312821.jpg?v=1785095233","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-way-i-used-to-be-amber-smith","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}