The Throw Away Girl is an inspiring memoir about lighting your flame within and aneye-opening glance into the effects of unhealed trauma within a family. Tiffany Barnes is ayoung girl who grows up in a small town outside Salt Lake City, where behind closed doors, she's experiencing fear from living in an abusive home. After her parents get divorced, Tiffany'sput into situations of sexual abuse with her stepfather and a family friend. When she speaks upabout what happened, she's not validated or supported.A bouncing period begins, and Tiffany moves multiple times, trying to find safety, but isunable to gain consistency. At age fifteen, she makes the decision to be emancipated, and this setsoff a new stage in her life where she's forced to make adult decisions in order to survive.The Throw Away Girl is a compelling tale about resilience, acceptance, and creating anew sense of home.