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Winner of the Independent Publisher Book AwardKirkus Best Nonfiction of the YearSnyder shows us how to summon the courage to imagine in a cruel and dangerous world. A beautiful book. -Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Rogues and Empire of PainA gorgeous memoir that parses the patriarchy with an endearing frankness as fierce as it is, astonishingly, forgiving. -Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising LazarusFor decades, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues that impact women's lives. Women We Buried, Women We Burned is her own story. When eight-year-old Rachel's mother died, her distraught father thrust the family into extreme evangelicalism. After a childhood marked by silent rage, teenage Rachel became outwardly furious. She was expelled from school and home at age sixteen. Living out of her car and relying on strangers, Rachel found herself masquerading as an adult, talki