A Radical Memoir That Rejects the Idea of the Perfect Victim

The world is not kind to survivors. Kelly Sundberg has experienced the erasure, victim-blaming, and lack of justice that too many endure when speaking up about abuse. Following her debut memoir, Goodbye, Sweet Girl, about escaping an abusive marriage, Sundberg’s latest book, The Answer Is in the Wound, recounts the aftermath of this relationship as she battles post-traumatic stress disorder and fights to carve space for herself in a world that wants to silence her.

Though she was physically battered and emotionally wounded, Sundberg was not defeated by her marriage. She went on to publish her first book, earn a PhD, and raise a child as a single parent. The interconnected essays in The Answer Is in the Wound cover over a decade of healing, capturing the intense effort it took to survive. Sundberg shows readers what it looks like to rebuild a life, how trauma influences new relationships, and how troubling news stories appear all too familiar.

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