The Tell

Transformative and illuminating. Through every agonizing revelation, Amy Griffin refuses to pave over her pain, opting instead to embrace the entirety of it. This is a powerful story of what can happen self-compassion replaces fear as the governing force of one’s life. * Chanel Miller, Bestselling author of Know My Name *Our minds may repress, but our bodies keep the score. The Tell by Amy Griffin is an honest book that will help us trust that wisdom. There is no better guide than Griffin, whose story proves it is what we do with our experience that matters. * Gloria Steinem *Those of us lucky to know Amy Griffin know she’s a lovely person in every way. Her courageous, generous memoir is both a reckoning with a terrible, all-too-common experience… and a searching and empathetic inquiry into the meanings of goodness, self-blame, and forgiveness. * Hanya Yanagihara [on Instagram], bestselling author of A Little Life *The Tell is a beautiful account of the journey of courage it takes to face the truth of one’s past, and the beneficial role that a combination of skillful therapy and psychedelics can play in putting one’s life in order. * Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score *Amy Griffin has done something remarkable: She’s turned life-shattering trauma into a life-giving gift. The Tell is the most powerful memoir I’ve read in years. It’s the rare story that will liberate you from shame, empower you to stop cycles of abuse, and make it safer for you to tell the truth. It broke my heart and still left me filled with hope. * Adam Grant *Overflowing with heart and determination, The Tell is the story of a journey—the day-by-day, step-by-step, hard-won push through harrowing emotional terrain. Here is someone moving steadily toward freedom and spreading so much light along the way. In finding the words to tell her story, in showing what it is to trust herself, Amy Griffin shines a path forward through the dark. * Mariska Hargitay *An extraordinary memoir paced like an expertly plotted thriller, each page unravelling the mystery of who Amy is and what happened to her. The moment the truth is revealed stopped my breath in my throat. Amy’s story enraged me, shocked me, broke my heart and put it back together again—I will be thinking about this book for a long time. * Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Bright Young Women *

Amy Griffin is the founder of the investment firm G9 Ventures. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Bumble, Spanx, and Gagosian, in addition to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Women’s Board of the Boys Club of New York. She lives in New York City with her husband, John, and their four children.

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