Survival, memory, and becoming visible

Memoir and companion books

Christina Pudetti writes honestly about silence, trauma, complicated families, motherhood, escape, memory, healing, and the long work of finding a voice.

1
Memoir

The Child Who Learned to Hide

A memoir of survival, silence, trauma, motherhood, healing, and becoming visible. Christina writes toward hope without pretending that the path was simple.

2
Guided companion journal

The Words I Couldn’t Say Then

A Guided Journal for Survivors Learning to Speak offers space to reflect, write, remember, and begin finding words. It may be used alongside the memoir or on its own.

3
Teen poems and writings

The Girl Who Wrote in the Dark

A collection drawn from the years when writing became a way to survive, make meaning, and hold the words that could not yet be spoken aloud.

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For individual readers

Choose your own pace. The memoir, journal, and writings can be read separately or as connected pieces of one larger story.

For book clubs

Use the printable discussion sheet and choose questions that respect the boundaries and lived experiences of participants.

Book-club resources

For interviews and events

Invite Christina for an author conversation about writing, survival, memory, healing, and becoming visible.

Author appearances