Someone I Used to Know

by Patty Blount

From the award-winning author of Some Boys comes an unflinching examination of rape culture that delves into a family torn apart by sexual assault.
It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by her brother's teammate. And a year since she sat in a court and watched as he was given a slap on the wrist sentence. But the years have done nothing to stop the pain.
It's been two years of hell for Derek. His family is totally messed up and he and his sister are barely speaking. He knows he handled it all wrong. Now at college, he has to come to terms with what happened, and the rape culture that he was inadvertently a part of that destroyed his sister's life.
When it all comes to head at Thanksgiving, Derek and Ashley have to decide if their relationship is able to be saved. And if their family can ever be whole again.

• ISBN10: 1492632813
• ISBN13: 9781492632818
• Publish Date: 7 August 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks Fire
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Bianca]

Maybe you think women are overreacting when they talk about stuff like this. But here’s the thing… women keep telling us this crap makes them uncomfortable. And what do we do? We ignore them. We tell them to lighten up, accept a compliment, stop making everything about them, and that’s wrong. It is about them. We should be strong enough to be able to back off when women tell us the things we do scare them.

— While most Me-Too-themed books I’ve read focused on the victim, this one shared the focus with the victim’s brother, who perpetuated rape culture but eventually learned from his mistakes and stood up for what’s right, and that was really refreshing to read‬.