“I was riveted by this searing ode to the resiliency of the human psyche, rich in beauty and devastation.”—Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
"I didn’t feel safe inside my home or outside of it. So I left reality. Just like that. I dissociated into a place I called the House of Stone: a building in a magical forest full of peaceful creatures, and kind, talking trees, and even volcanoes that spit fire at anyone who wanted to hurt me. This place was my salvation.
I didn’t know that, as this was going on, I was also losing touch with reality. I didn’t want to live in a reality of abuse, war, violence, and despair."
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