“A moving memoir of trauma with an uplifting conclusion.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“It’s a story about survival—of trauma, betrayal, and, surprisingly, moments of love—rendered with a clarity that’s both poetic and emotionally searing.”—Seattle Book Review (5 Stars)

"It takes power to tell this story. It takes bravery and strength and a machete—a way to chop through the tangled vines of trauma to forge a path ahead. Such a Pretty Picture is a powerful story that will break your heart and, hopefully, put it back together again." — Independent Book Review

"Resonant narrative of trauma, growth, and forgiveness." —Publisher's Weekly Book Life Review (A Grade)

“Andrea Leeb’s Such a Pretty Picture is a devastating and intimate memoir that tells the story of a childhood marked by trauma, silence, and survival.” — Literary Titan (5 Stars)

“The memoir delivers a raw and unsettling narrative that forces readers to think about the consequences of abuse, parental love, and the struggle for self-identity.” — Readers’ Favorite (5 Stars)

“In this courageous survival story of harrowing sexual abuse, relentless gaslighting and temporary silencing, a father’s dark psychology and a mother’s literal and figurative blindness meet one small girl’s unshakeable will to endure. If you know a survivor of childhood predation, (and trust me, you do) this book, so full of candor, and bravery and language's redemptive lyric flight, will be a talisman for healing.” —Pam Houston, author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country

"Leeb has written my favorite kind of memoir, frantically alive, unflinching, breaking my heart in the best ways. I felt her with me on every page, and by chapter three, we were best friends." — Joshua Mohr, author of MODEL CITIZEN

“Heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting story of a child’s secret and a family’s betrayal. The spectacular prose of Andrea Leeb’s memoir unfolds with stunning detail that haunts as much as it inspires.” — Elle Johnson, author of The Officer's Daughter and Executive Producer of Bosch

“Startling emotional rawness. Unflinching truth-telling. Andrea Leeb’s devastating examination of a childhood shattered by parental sexual and emotional abuse will be seared into your mind from the very first page. The immediacy of Leeb’s propulsive writing rivets your attention, but it is her bravery to not just survive but make a beautiful life that gives this story such resonance. Wrenching, unforgettable, and, ultimately, illuminating, Such a Pretty Picture carried my heart away.” — Samantha Dunn, Pulitzer Prize Nominated Journalist and author of Not by Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life

"Andrea Leeb’s powerful memoir, Such a Pretty Picture, is an immensely compelling, tender, honest, and ultimately courageous reckoning with abuse, betrayal, and the false promises of new starts. She writes with great immediacy and clarity about the long, often seemingly-impossible, and always mysterious journey into a lifetime of unfolding healing. This is also an important story about the bravery and persistence it takes to forge a life out of the bravery of love and the miracle of forgiveness. Many who have survived incest as well as other forms of pervasive abuse will find solace, wisdom, and hope in this beautifully-written memoir.” — Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus and author of The Magic Eye: A Memoir of Saving a Life and Place in the Age of Anxiety

“Author Andrea Leeb masterfully untangles a web of family secrets with poignant prose in Such a Pretty Picture. The story delves into her complex history, revealing the emotional scars left when a family covers up secrets and lies. With exquisite writing, Andrea bravely explores the wounds that shaped her and the healing that comes from confronting her past.” — Wendy Adamson, author of Mother Load

$50000 national full coverage publicity and marketing campaign.

Outreach goal: 600 outlets

Media types: (additional as we get input on responses)

• Podcasts
• Regional News
• Book Reviews Sites and Publications
• Book Blogs
• Social Media Book Influencers

Topics & Focus: (additional as we get input on responses)

• Trauma & Healing
• Sexual Abuse Survivors
• Living with a Narcissist
• Childhood trauma
• Writing / Memoir
• Women writers