A review by mxthemme
One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

I completely disregarded my TBR to read this, and I’m so glad I did. One Way Back is Christine Blasey Ford’s story on her own terms. She controls the narrative, and the result is a candid, insightful portrait of her life and the events surrounding her testimony and its lasting impact. As a survivor, I connected deeply with the societal contradictions and expectations she faced, and still faces, as well as the imperfect nature of survivorhood. Her plain honesty was refreshing to me, as I venture it would be for other survivors. Her testimony had an indescribable impact on me in 2018, and I’m so grateful to have read her memoir at a time when she felt ready to give it to the world.