In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir

by Bobi Conn

There were constantly things I just couldn’t believe because they made no sense—so many illogical experiences that defied reason and basic decency. By the time I became a young adult, I had grown suspicious of my intuition, my judgment, even my own feelings. I became the perfect target for the kind of people who like to undermine, ridicule, or control another person—except