The Tell (Oprah's Book Club)

by Amy Griffin

Denial is not a switch that can be turned off and on. Denial is a glass case that must be shattered before you realize you were trapped inside it in the first place.

Free—that was what my childhood in the Texas Panhandle felt like to me. Free like the wide-open spaces, where you could see for miles. Free to stay out until dark, trusting that nothing bad would happen.

“You’re learning how to take up space—and not to judge yourself for it but to be kind with yourself instead.”