Novelist Sonia Orchard was in her 40s when a revelation during a therapy session turned her life upside down. Could the relationship she’d had in her teens with a man more than a decade older in fact be abuse? In her new memoir, Groomed, Sonia investigates her own story, sharing her gruelling journey through the justice system, and shines a light on the failures – social, structural, legal – that entrench and prolong the trauma for victim survivors. This week, she speaks with Michael about the power of writing and reclaiming her story.

Novelist Sonia Orchard was in her 40s when a revelation during a therapy session turned her life upside down. Could the relationship she&rsquo;d had in her teens with a man more than a decade older in fact be abuse? In her new memoir,&nbsp;Groomed, Sonia investigates her own story, sharing her gruelling journey through the justice system, and shines a light on the failures &ndash; social, structural, legal &ndash; that entrench and prolong the trauma for victim survivors. This week, she speaks with Michael about the power of writing and reclaiming her story.

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Read This: How Sonia Orchard Reclaimed Her Story

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