Black-Eyed Susans

Julia Heaberlin 2015

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
abuse psychological literary fiction trauma

Our Take

Tessa was found in a grave of Black-eyed Susans as a teenager, the only survivor. Now the flowers are appearing again. Heaberlin writes the long aftermath of abuse as a life built on uncertain ground — every relationship shadowed by the question of who put her in that grave and whether they are coming back.

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