First published 2024
Christine Blasey Ford opens her memoir in the months before her historic Senate testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She reveals how she struggled to get her account of alleged sexual assault into official hands while protecting her family from potential retaliation. Ford draws on her experience as a surfer to explain her decision to paddle into dangerous waters, knowing the only path leads back through the storm. She details the overwhelming period surrounding her September 27, 2018 appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the chaos that followed. The scientist and mother describes how she continues working through the aftermath of becoming an unexpected public figure. Ford shows how one person speaking truth can create ripples that grow into larger waves of change.
Genres: autobiography, memoir, biography-memoir, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: true-story
Period: 2018
298 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: sexual-assault