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A dark relationship evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story.
With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.
A true, detailed account of one girl's experience of educator sexual abuse at the hands of her middle school teacher. It follows her journey, beginning with her tumultuous childhood, meeting the teacher, and the grooming process he created to lure her into a false sense of trust and ultimate betrayal.
A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing
Such experiences inevitably leave traces on minds, emotions, and even on biology. Sadly, trauma sufferers frequently pass on their stress to their partners and children.
Explores a manipulative grooming relationship between a 15-year-old boarding school student and her 42-year-old English teacher, Jacob Strane. Written in the first person, the story uses a fragmented timeline to contrast the girl's innocent perception of the relationship with the harsh reality of the abuse
The devastating and powerful memoir from a French publisher who was abused by a famous writer from the age of thirteen.
Groom Scroll Highlights
A 4-part series for Hulu that follows one woman's journey as she reexamines her past relationship with a trusted teacher, exposing an epidemic of widespread grooming in U.S. high schools.
Actor, model, and global superstar Brooke Shields’ journey from a sexualized young girl to a woman who embraces her identity and voice.
Photojournalist Amanda Mustard turns her investigative lens on the sexual abuse committed by her grandfather, unearthing a high-stakes personal journey in pursuit of the truth and reconciliation for Amanda's family.