Tess thought that going away to college would mean she could finally be
free from her shattered childhood. That she wouldn’t have to see Ian
anymore, the step-brother who sexually abused her. That she could keep
space between herself and her mother, who Tess told about the abuse and
who didn’t believe her. That she could finally build a life that she
felt safe in.
For a few years, that was true. But during winter
break of her junior year, Tess’ mom invites Ian to spend the holidays
with them, and all of the trauma and betrayal of her childhood is
brought up again.
Tess just wants to make it through the next
few weeks and to return home to her friends. If Tess has learned
anything in her twenty-one years, it’s that life rarely turns out the
way she wants.
Humorous, heartbreaking, and hopeful, The Space Within the Silence is a story about about finding the places where we
feel loved and about one person’s determination to choose her own life.
Bre
Woods is an author with too much to say and not enough minutes in the
day to say it all. The Space Within the Silence is her first novel.
