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In CINDERLAND, Amy Jo Burns narrates her childhood in Mercury, a small Rust‑belt town that turned bleak after the steel industry’s decline. When a local piano teacher is accused of misconduct, the town’s conservative fabric unravels, and only a handful of girls dare to speak the truth. Burns recounts how she, in an attempt to survive, chose silence—a lie that shaped her adolescence. The memoir traces the ripple effects of that choice through her relationships with boys and girls, and the performances she staged to appease a community that doubted young women. Through vivid personal recollections, it offers a psychologically nuanced look at the intersections of abuse, community life, and the difficulty of truth in a tight‑knit town.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Amy Jo Burns
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