Deep Dark Blue - by Polo Tate (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>At age 18, Tate enters Basic Training at the United States Air Force Academy. However, she experiences physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her superior and harassment from her peers, who refuse to believe. Here, Tate shares her story of survival and healing..<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A memoir of surviving sexual abuse in the Air Force academy. </b><i> <p/>I want to be in the Air Force someday.<br></i><br>These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the United States Air Force Academy. <p/>She does everything right, from academics to athletics. But no one prepared her for what came next: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her superiors. Harassment from peers who refused to believe her story. <p/><i>Deep Dark Blue</i> is more than a memoir about sexual assault. It's about breaking boundaries but also setting them. It's about learning to trust your instincts. It's a story of survival, resilience, and finally, finding your joy.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>[Tate's] memoir--part cautionary tale and part survival story--<b>finds strength through its raw emotional honesty and brave revelations about the different manifestations of abuse</b>.--<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i><b><br>In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this gripping memoir reveals the pervasive effects of abuse of power and the ability to overcome it.</b>--<i>Booklist</i> magazine, <i>starred review <p/></i>Other military memoirs address the issue of sexual assault, but few show as well as Tate's that rape is not about sex; it is about power. <b>Mature young adult readers will find <i>Deep Dark Blu</i>e a gripping memoir of survival, resilience, and growth.</b>--<i>Voices of Youth Advocates (VOYA)<br></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Polo Tate</b> is an actor and performer at places such as the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Broadway Comedy Club, Reckless, and the PIT. <i>Deep Dark Blue</i> is her debut memoir. She lives in New York City.
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