{"product_id":"the-ways-that-ive-been-hurt-paperback","title":"The Ways That I've Been Hurt - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeredith Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrett Manning\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The voice you will encounter in these pages is the same voice she has been learning to trust in her singing. It's clear and grounded. Unafraid of silence, it prefers pause to performative certainty. Ask any mature person: that's a sign of maturity.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e - Brett Manning Founder, Singing Success Studios\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEREDITH MURRAY\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up inside a story the world had already written, where \u003cstrong\u003eadoptive families \u003c\/strong\u003eare heroes, \u003cstrong\u003ebiological mothers \u003c\/strong\u003eare cast aside, and \u003cstrong\u003ecomplex narratives \u003c\/strong\u003eare neatly explained. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut real lives aren't that simple.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ways That I've Been Hurt\u003c\/em\u003e is a raw, unfiltered memoir that\u003cstrong\u003e challenges the narratives we're taught to believe about adoption, identity, and belonging. \u003c\/strong\u003eMeredith explores the quiet cost of those stories from the \u003cstrong\u003eshame carried by daughters, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe\u003cstrong\u003e judgment placed on women, \u003c\/strong\u003eand the\u003cstrong\u003e truth that doesn't fit into clean categories. \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is a story of living in the \"in-between\" while holding both gratitude and grief, love and loss, without denying either. Written from the middle of hard questions, Meredith's voice is honest, restrained, and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Ways That I've Been Hurt \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a reclamation.\u003c\/strong\u003e A reminder that you don't owe the world a polished version of your life, but you owe yourself the truth. \u003cem\u003eAnd telling it is the bravest thing you can do.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53403711013171,"sku":"9798348236021","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Kh6XPnj7Xx9798348236021.webp?v=1779915336","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-ways-that-ive-been-hurt-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}