The Lotus Eaters

Author(s): Emily Clements

Memoir & Biography

Since childhood, Emily Clements' sense of self had always been shaped by the opinions of others and her need to be liked.   When a stand-off with her best friend sees nineteen-year-old Emily stranded in Vietnam, she is alone for the first time and adrift in a new environment. With seemingly nothing to lose, she makes the biggest decision of her life - to stay.


But Emily's attempts to bridge a yawning loneliness spur a downward spiral of recklessness, as she hurtles from one unsettling sexual encounter to the next. It will take a truly terrifying experience for her to understand that sex is both a weapon and a wound in her battle for self-worth and empowerment.   Delicately interweaving the past and present, The Lotus Eaters is a sharply written story of self-redemption from an exciting young voice in Australian memoir that dissects the patterns of blame and shame women can form around their bodies and relationships.  

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General Fields

  • : 9781743795699
  • : Hardie Grant Books
  • : E2
  • : 0.430006
  • : November 2019
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  • : books

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  • : 288
  • : Paperback
  • : Emily Clements