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A review by catamongstthepages
Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
The book describes multiple violent deaths in the context of forensic examination.
Regarding child sexual abuse: the author recounts her own rape at nine years old in chapter 8. To skip this, when she mentions her own Harris lines at age nine, skip to the next section break.