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Since Childhood, Emily Clements' Sense Of Self Had Always Been Shaped By The Opinions Of Others And The Need To Be Liked. When A Stand-off With Her Best Friend Sees Nineteen-year-old Emily Stranded In Vietnam, She Is Alone For The First Time And Adrift In A New Environment. With Seemingly Nothing To Lose, She Makes The Biggest Decision Of Her Life - To Stay. But Emily's Attempts To Bridge A Yawning Loneliness Spur A Downward Spiral Of Recklessness, As She Hurtles From One Sexual Encounter To The Next. It Will Take A Truly Terrifying Experience For Her To Understand That Sex Is Both A Weapon And A Wound In Her Battle For Self-worth And Empowerment. Delicately Interweaving Past And Present, The Lotus Eaters Is A Sharply Written Story Of Self-redemption From An Exciting Young Voice In Australian Memoir That Dissects The Patterns Of Blame And Shame Women Can Form Around Their Bodies And Relationships.