Crying Wolf, Eden Boudreau
Crying Wolf, Eden Boudreau
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Crying Wolf
A Memoir

Author: Eden Boudreau

Narrator: Eden Boudreau

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Book*hug Press

Published: 08/01/2023


Synopsis

Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction It's a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. Boy wants girl. Girl says no. Boy takes what he wants anyway. After a violent sexual assault, Eden Boudreau was faced with a choice: call the police and explain that a man who wasn't her husband, who she had agreed to go on a date with, had just raped her. Or go home and pray that, in the morning, it would be only a nightmare. In the years that followed, Eden was met with disbelief by strangers, friends, and the authorities, often as a result of stigma towards her non-monogamy, sex positivity, and bisexuality. Societal conditioning of acceptable female sexuality silenced her to a point of despair, leading to addiction and even attempted suicide. It was through the act of writing that she began to heal. Crying Wolf is a gripping memoir that shares the raw path to recovery after violence and spotlights the ways survivors are too often demonized or ignored when they belong to marginalized communities. Boudreau heralds a new era for others dismissed for "crying wolf." After all, women prevailing to change society for others is also a tale as old as time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dana on February 27, 2023

Eden Boudreau. You are so incredibly brave. It takes strength and a hell of a lot of courage to speak your truth. Thank you for sharing your story. Crying Wolf is a very difficult read and cuts deep. The violence at the beginning of this memoir was hard to read. I just kept thinking, I'm only readin......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on January 25, 2023

Crying Wolf *TRIGGER WARNING REGARDING SA* After being brutally assaulted after a first date, Eden is confronted by an apprehensive world. ‘Are you sure you were raped?’ ‘Did they misunderstand you?’ ‘Maybe they thought you liked it.’ Already regarded with doubt, Eden’s polyamorous lifestyle exposes......more

Goodreads review by Bailey on March 20, 2023

This powerful, raw account of Eden Bourdeau's violent assault and the aftermath left me hanging on her every word. This was an interesting read - Eden Bourdeau adds an important perspective missing from the trauma memoir (of which our society sadly has an abundance). That perspective is that of a ma......more

Goodreads review by Mirian on January 04, 2023

Title: Crying Wolf: A Memoir Rate 5/5 🌟 Literature: Non-fiction I have to say it has been a while since I haven't posted. As I read and decided to look for an opportunity, thank you NetGalley for giving me a chance to rate this book. I have to say is one of my best selections yet! I have been waiting......more

Goodreads review by Shelby on January 29, 2023

**Thank you to NetGalley and Book*hug Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review** This is one of the best books I have read so far this year, and it's a story that needed to be written, that needed to be shared with the world. The memoir opens mid rape, as Eden describes some of the details......more