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Book giveaway: What My Bones Know

A memoir of healing from complex trauma by Stephanie Foo
Book giveaway: What My Bones Know

I am a sucker for a gorgeous book cover and my eyeballs immediately gravitated to Stephanie Foo’s new memoir, What My Bones Know, when I saw it on Twitter. In the most non-creepy way possible, I slid into Stephanie’s DMs about a giveaway and here we are! I’m thrilled that her publisher, Ballantine Books, will be giving away 5 hardcover copies!

The cover of Stephanie Foo’s memoir What My Bones Know shows a lush assortment of plants and fruit, including ferns, wood sorrel, rambutans, mangoes and orchids, against a navy background. Over this are two bones, crossed in the shape of an X. The text reads: “Achingly exquisite…providing real hope for those who long to heal.” (in white type), --Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (in green type) Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know, A memoir of healing from complex trauma (in yellow type). Jacket design: Grace Han.
The cover of Stephanie Foo’s memoir What My Bones Know shows a lush assortment of plants and fruit, including ferns, wood sorrel, rambutans, mangoes and orchids, against a navy background. Over this are two bones, crossed in the shape of an X. The text reads: “Achingly exquisite…providing real hope for those who long to heal.” (in white type), --Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (in green type) Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know, A memoir of healing from complex trauma (in yellow type). Jacket design: Grace Han.

About the book

By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.

Both of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD.

In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don’t move on from trauma—but you can learn to move with it.

Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.

About the author

The author, wearing glasses and a white shirt, stands in front of a set of palm trees. Photo credit: Bryan Derballa
The author, wearing glasses and a white shirt, stands in front of a set of palm trees. Photo credit: Bryan Derballa

Details

1) Any disabled person in the US is eligible for this giveaway. You do not need to disclose any details about your disability.

If you already received a book from one of my previous giveaways, please consider letting other people have a chance.

2) The first 5 people will receive a hardcover book. If you do not receive a reply that means the books have been claimed or you did not include all the required information.

3) Send an email to DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com with ‘Book Giveaway’ in the title of the message. Do not reply to this post!!

4) Include the following information in your message:

  • First and last name
  • Mailing address

Please note: I will send this information along with your email address to the publisher. They are responsible for confirming your details and sending you the book.

Published by:

Alice Wong

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