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Hughes

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Amory Hughes vanishes unexpectedly, and when she returns five years later, she’s a shell of what she used to be. For years, she knew nothing but abuse, neglect, and belittlement, being tucked away in a basement where she was used as a profitable good.

Returning home, Amory is hungry for dignity, respect, recovery, and most of all, safety. Being saddled with the consequences of her captivity, though, she questions if any of that is possible. Can she be stripped of innocence and still have virtue? Can she be tarnished and worthy of respect?

Can she be a victim of motherhood and still recover?

With the help of her closest friend and ally, Alex, Amory faces the brutal and beautiful truths of her new reality and must find the courage to accept who she is in the wake of trauma.