Description
She was born soft, but got rebuilt in titanium. After a life-altering spinal surgery in her teens, Lauren moves through life with the quiet awareness that she's been both saved and altered. In a series of poetic vignettes and short memoir-style reflections, Spinal Code explores the moments that left marks not on her body, but on her heart. Set against a backdrop of complex family dynamics, girlhood grief, unspoken betrayals, and flickering teenage rooms lit by old ceiling fans and borrowed manga, these entries form a fragmented map of a girl growing up mechanical in a world that still expects softness. For anyone who's ever felt like their feelings were bugs in the system, or that being the strong one came with an unspoken price. ✦ For readers who love emotionally raw storytelling, poetic prose, and gut-punch honesty. ✦ Chapters vary in length, tone, and structure, like a memory itself.
The First Time She Told Me Without Words
