'For such a long time people discussed my running. It took up so much space in my life. And
yet nobody ever thought to ask: What are you running from?' For decades Amy ran. Through
the dirt roads of Amarillo Texas where she grew up to the streets of New York where she
built her adult life through marriage motherhood and a thriving career. To outsiders it all
looked in many ways perfect. But Amy was running from something - a secret she was keeping
not only from her family and friends but unconsciously from something terrible in her past.
When her ten-year-old daughter confronts her on the distance between them Amy is propelled to
confront what she has spent a lifetime trying to escape. So begins Amy's journey through the
world of MDMA-assisted psychedelic therapy to the limits of the judicial system and
ultimately home to Texas where her story began. In her relentless search for the truth
Griffin scrutinises the pursuit of perfectionism control and maintaining appearances that
drives so many women. She asks the question: When in our path from girlhood to womanhood did
we learn to look outside ourselves for validation? And what kind of freedom is possible if we
better protect girls from being taken advantage of on this journey. Heartbreaking powerful and
raw The Tell points a way forward for all of us shedding light on the courage and power of
truth-telling that's required to move through trauma.
