Before I Had the Words is a deeply personal coming-of-age story about childhood, memory, and the moments that only make sense years later. Through the eyes of a young girl growing up in a complicated home, ordinary nights, family chaos, and small unforgettable details slowly reveal a much bigger pic

There is a shelf hidden in the corner of memory, wedged between what we believe and what we forget. Its books are strange—unlabeled, dust-covered, whispering. Some contain dreams. Others, nightmares. All of them ask: What if? The Forbidden Shelf: Fantasies, Fractures, and Fears is a collection of i