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The Tell

A Memoir

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The Tell

By: Amy Griffin
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories.

The Tell encourages us to recognize that sometimes you must understand your own pain to fully experience life’s greatest joys—and Amy’s courage, vulnerability, and insight are a gift to us all.”—Reese Witherspoon, TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2025

“A beautiful account of the journey of courage it takes to face the truth of one’s past.”—Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score

For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the campus of the University of Virginia, as a student athlete; on 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 herself. “You’re here, but you’re not here,” her daughter said to her one night. “Where are you, Mom?” So began Amy’s quest to solve a mystery trapped in the deep recesses of her own memory—a journey that would take her into the burgeoning field of psychedelic therapy, to the limits of the judicial system, and ultimately, home to the Texas panhandle, where her story began.

In her search for the truth, to understand and begin to recover from buried childhood trauma, Griffin interrogates the pursuit of perfectionism, control, and maintaining appearances that drives so many women, asking, when, in our path from girlhood to womanhood, did we learn to look outside ourselves for validation? What kind of freedom is possible if we accept the whole story and embrace who we really are? With hope, heart, and relentless honesty, she points a way forward for all of us, revealing the power of radical truth-telling to deepen our connections—with others and ourselves.

©2025 Amy Griffin (P)2025 Random House Audio
Mental Health Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Women Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
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The Tell is a beautiful account of the journey of courage it takes to face the truth of one’s past, and the beneficial role that a combination of skillful therapy and psychedelics can play in putting one’s life in order.”Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score

“Transformative and illuminating . . . Through every agonizing revelation, Amy Griffin refuses to pave over her pain, opting instead to embrace the entirety of it. This is a powerful story of what can happen when self-compassion replaces fear as the governing force of one’s life.”—Chanel Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Know My Name

The Tell is the most powerful memoir I’ve read in years. It’s the rare story that will liberate you from shame, empower you to stop cycles of abuse, and make it safer for you to tell the truth. It left me filled with hope.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

Raw Vulnerability • Powerful Storytelling • Emotional Narration • Healing Journey • Relatable Experiences
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As a sexual assault survivor myself, I needed this book more than Amy will ever know. Thank you for your courage, your grit, and most of all—for speaking to the need to be “perfect.” I see you, and I stand with you.

A Woman Speaking Her Truth

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Amy takes us on her journey of discovery and healing. It was so beautifully written and so raw. I am so proud of her hard work. Loved this book🩷. I love that she read it to us!!

Real, Raw, and beautiful

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Amy’s story is so moving and so honest. She was able to bring an inconceivable experience from the dark into the light, and in the process healed herself and many others. Phenomenal book. Phenomenal author.

So moving!

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What an incredible story! So much truth and acknowledgment of the complexities of life and people and memories. Listen to the entire thing and one weekend.

Raw and real and excellent

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I hope every woman reads or listens to this powerful memoir. It goes to the heart of the idea we truly never know what another is going through.

Raw and real,

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I listened to the entire book over the course of 24 hours. The author is incredibly vulnerable, sharing more than most would be comfortable doing. And in that, she found healing. Hoping this encourages all abuse survivors to tell their stories and heal.

Deeply vulnerable

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This was a painfully beautiful story told honestly and gracefully. So grateful that the author was willing to share her perspective widely through this book.

Powerful story, beautifully told

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I could not stop listening once I started. It’s a harrowing story, to be sure, but an absolute must read. Beautifully and sensitively told, full of emotional complexity and self compassion. Loved it.

Unbelievably beautiful

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Unbelievably eye opening. All the interactions women have endured over our lifetimes that we’ve simply accepted as either our own fault or accepting as a sign of the times. Amazingly written and enjoyable voice and telling.

Eye opening!

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The way Amy is able to tell her story is engaging and insightful. This is a very easy listen that captured my attention from beginning to end. I was waiting for a neat, bundled up ending, but it’s not there - and that’s okay - it symbolizes the lives we live are rarely neat and bundled. Great job Amy Griffin. Thanks for facing your fears and living to tell about them.

Wow! I will listen again.

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