{"product_id":"women-we-buried-women-we-burned-by-rachel-louise-snyder-9781922585363","title":"Women We Buried, Women We Burned","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting memoir of survival, self-discovery, and forgiveness from the author of the groundbreaking, award-winning \u003cem\u003eNo Visible Bruises\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Louise Snyder was eight years old when her mother died, and her distraught father thrust the family into an evangelical, cult-like existence halfway across the country. Furiously rebellious, she was expelled from school and home at age 16. Living out of her car and relying on strangers, Rachel managed to talk her way into college and eventually travelled the globe as a journalist. Survival became her reporter's beat, and in places like India, Niger, and Cambodia, she interviewed those who had been through the unimaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA piercing account of Snyder's journey from teenage runaway to reporter on the global epidemic of domestic violence, \u003cem\u003eWomen We Buried, Women We Burned\u003c\/em\u003e is a necessary story of family struggle, female survival, and the transformative power of resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInspirational ... Snyder observes the world with both an unsparing eye and a generous spirit ... Instead of getting trapped in the familiar impasse of either\/or, Snyder thinks in terms of ands. This expansiveness is of a piece with her writing on domestic violence ... Snyder's memoir shows how one might - must - live amid multiple truths.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Jennifer Szalai, New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith the same virtuosity and eye for detail she brought to \u003cem\u003eNo Visible Bruises\u003c\/em\u003e, Rachel Louise Snyder uses her own story to illuminate the many divides that plague America, from class and culture wars to toxic religiosity and frayed family ties. \u003cem\u003eWomen We Buried, Women We Burned\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous memoir that parses the patriarchy with an endearing frankness as fierce as it is, astonishingly, forgiving.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eRaising Lazarus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDopesick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA bold and searing memoir about family and violence, illness and independence, pain and fear and beauty. With wry humour and enormous humanity, Rachel Louise Snyder shows us how to summon the courage to imagine in a cruel and dangerous world. A beautiful book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eRogues\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSay Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534375440620,"sku":"9781922585363","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14264753482872.jpg?v=1749431397","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/women-we-buried-women-we-burned-by-rachel-louise-snyder-9781922585363","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}