and more hurtful than anything that bleeds,” wrote Laurel K. Hamilton in Mistral’s Kiss. People have hidden trauma on the inside that only they endure, which hurts more than the trauma they show. Another famous author, Jesmyn Ward, conveys in Sing Unburied Sing that Jojo’s family has experienced lots of trauma internally that jeopardizes them more than the one they show. This internal trauma can lead to more hardships like Leonie with drugs. Although Given died many years before the story takes place…
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