Hit by a Truck

“I felt on-edge most of the time, but especially in cars. I was waiting for the next loud noise to rearrange everything.”

When I began The Small Bow, I thought the Gawker trial and its aftermath was this huge monumental ordeal that I needed to constantly revisit and reevaluate to truly move forward from it. And because it was so tethered to my early recovery, I thought there was no way to avoid writing about it all the time. I also was afraid I needed to clarify to anyone …