Ebook {Epub PDF} The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

 · “The Way I Used To Be” by Amber Smith follows the life of a girl named Eden after she was raped. She was just a child who didn’t know what to do or how to cope with the incident — the.  · Amber Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novels The Way I Used to Be and The Last to Let Go. An advocate for increased awareness of gendered violence, as well as LGBTQ equality, she writes in the hope that her books can help to foster change and spark dialogue surrounding these bltadwin.run description: Reprint. The Way I Used to Be is a YA novel written by author Amber Smith. The book, published in , is a New York Times bestseller. Smith, an advocate for spreading awareness about issues related to gendered violence, tackles themes of sexual and domestic abuse in her young adult novels.

The novel opens on a cold December morning. It is the morning after Edy is raped by Kevin, the best friend of Edy's older brother, Caelin. Kevin is 17 years old, while Edy is only 14 and just beginning her freshman year of high school. Edy is a self-described "dorky little sister" who wears glasses and a "freshman band-geek nobody" (7. Above all, I wrote The Way I Used to Be with the hope that it might inspire, in even a single person, the transformative power of finding one's own voice, and in the spirit that there is, inevitably, light in darkness, hope in despair, and freedom in truth. Amber Smith is a writer and artist who grew up in Buffalo, NY, and now lives in. ― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be. 0 likes. Like "Caelin was the glue. He gave us purpose, a reason, a way to be together." ― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be. 0 likes. Like "they're this intense brown so deep it makes me want to just fall all the way into them" ― Amber Smith, The Way I Used to Be.

The Way I Used to Be. “ THE WAY I USED TO BE explores the aftermath of sexual assault with a precision and searing honesty that is often terrifying, sometimes eerily beautiful, and always completely true. “The Way I Used To Be” by Amber Smith follows the life of a girl named Eden after she was raped. She was just a child who didn’t know what to do or how to cope with the incident — the. The Way I Used to Be is a YA novel written by author Amber Smith. The book, published in , is a New York Times bestseller. Smith, an advocate for spreading awareness about issues related to gendered violence, tackles themes of sexual and domestic abuse in her young adult novels.