{"product_id":"the-apology-9781635575118","title":"The Apology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003ea powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003enow in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A triumph of artistry and empathy.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A crucial step forward . . . This is an urgently needed book right now.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJane Fonda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Courageous, transformative, and yes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehealing.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eAnne Lamott\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. \u003ci\u003eThe Apology\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough \u003ci\u003eThe Apology\u003c\/i\u003e Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: \u003ci\u003eHow do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRemarkable and original, \u003ci\u003eThe Apology\u003c\/i\u003e is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve Ensler\u003c\/b\u003e is a Tony Award-winning playwright, author, performer, and activist. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich has been published in 48 languages and performed in more than 140 countries, the \u003ci\u003eNYT\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eI Am an Emotional Creature\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. She is the founder of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, and One Billion Rising, the largest global mass action to end gender-based violence. She is a co-founder of the City of Joy, a revolutionary center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is one of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e's \"150 Women Who Changed the World\" and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's \"100 Most Influential Women.\" She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516245905682,"sku":"9781635575118","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94cb0489-ee26-4eaa-893d-2cb481a9fc60.jpg?v=1731021191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-apology-9781635575118","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}