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Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #metoo and #timesup, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore.

IT, part 2—trees

(view spoiler)[Now I get so many things that were in Speak and how she truly felt with so many references she wrote and projected in the movie and also the book. This poetry feels so raw and I'm loving it. (hide spoiler)]

brindging

(view spoiler)[I'm freaking loving this memoir-poetry! Sometimes I related so much with Laurie most at all the way she wanted to leave and doing things so slow while others already reach their purpose. (hide spoiler)]

free the bleed

(view spoiler)[I'm loving this so much! I can't wait to read Twist and other Laurie's book I get know so many things about Speak and Wintergirls is coming sooner. Everything Laurie experience makes me realices she is not the only one, everyone is really fighting a battle. (hide spoiler)]

finished
(view spoiler)[I loved this poetry I was so stunned when I read the part with the priest and children because that topic is so damn taboo around all the world and seeing it here was such a surprise.

Every pages was feel with many emotions and memories I couldn't stop reading, I can't wait to read her others books and her next work. Laurie still surprises me. (hide spoiler)]