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One Great Lie
Deb Caletti
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 978-1-5344-6317-2
Keywords: authors, writing, feminism, patriarchy, sexual harassment, sexual assault
Researching an ancestral poetess for a summer writing program in Venice with her favorite author, Charlotte learns how powerful men historically abused and silenced women, then experiences it herself.