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The Way I Used to Be Trilogy (Boxed Set)
The Way I Used to Be; The Way I Am Now; The Way We Become
Part of The Way I Used to Be
By Amber Smith
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About The Book
Experience the powerful and moving The Way I Used to Be trilogy about a young woman learning to find strength in the aftermath of an assault. All three books are now available together in one hardcover boxed set.
Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.
What was once simple is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened, but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Following Eden through all four years of high school and beyond as she starts college, this deeply moving trilogy reveals the deep cuts of trauma, but it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment of adolescence, first love and first heartbreak, and friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
This searing hardcover boxed set includes:
The Way I Used to Be
The Way I Am Now
The Way We Become
Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.
What was once simple is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened, but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Following Eden through all four years of high school and beyond as she starts college, this deeply moving trilogy reveals the deep cuts of trauma, but it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment of adolescence, first love and first heartbreak, and friendships broken and rebuilt, all while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
This searing hardcover boxed set includes:
The Way I Used to Be
The Way I Am Now
The Way We Become
Product Details
- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (November 17, 2026)
- Length: 1200 pages
- ISBN13: 9798347119646
- Grades: 9 and up
- Ages: 14 - 99
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