Mena Suvari - The Great Peace
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The Great Peace is a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, in which young teenage model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself to sex, drugs and bad, often abusive relationships even as blockbuster movies made her famous. It's about growing up in the 90s, with a soundtrack ranging from The Doors to Deee-Lite, fashion from denim to day-glo, and a woman dealing with the lasting psychological scars of abuse, yet knowing deep inside she desires so much more from life.
Within these vulnerable pages, Mena not only reveals her own mistakes, but also the lessons she learned and her efforts to understand and grow rather than casting blame. As such, she makes this a timeless story of girl empowerment and redemption, of somebody using their voice to rediscover their past, seek redemption, and to understand their mistakes, and ultimately come to terms with their power as an individual to find a way and a will to liveand thrive. Poignant, intimate, and powerful, this book will resonate with anyone who has found themselves lost in the darkness, thinking there's no way out. Ultimately, Mena's story proves that, no matter how hopeless it may seem, there's always a light at the end.
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Powerful [as] an abuse survivor, Mena bares her soul on the page to show others that theres always a light at the end of the tunneleven her own.
Good Morning America
I walked away from her book thinking it was a very, very timely memoir in this larger discussion of female strength and finding your voice Shes overcome so much and come out on the other end in the best possible place.
Thora Birch, in the Los Angeles Times
Suvari is unflinching in detailing the sex, drugs, abuse and toxic relationships that afflicted her adolescence and young adulthood even as she was becoming a star, [but] The Great Peace is not a sordid tell-all or Hollywood expose. Instead, Suvari has written something more personal, a sort of diary of her spiritual journey Though ultimately hopeful, The Great Peace is often a harrowing read.
USA Today
Mena Suvari has decided to tell everything [this book] spares no details.
Vanity Fair
Suvari pulls absolutely no punches in this raw exploration of a Hollywood childhood full of sexual abuse, emotional abandonment and drug addictionand reveals how she built a new life on her own terms.
NY POST
The details are harrowing, but the overall effect of her writing is strangely intoxicating In unfussy prose Suvari transports the reader Whats most impressive is Suvaris willingness to admit to mistakes and even at times risk coming off as unlikable. She wants people to read and relate to her story, but beyond the notion that the truth has set her free, there isnt a didactic moral takeaway.
Jezebel
[A] soul-baring memoir
Los Angeles Daily News
A powerful read thatmuch like Sharon Stones The Beauty of Living Twicewill make you see its author in a different, perhaps more forgiving light.
Total Film
Suvaris bracing tale of abusive patterns and building new beginnings is wrenching, potent, and ultimately inspirational.
Kirkus, starred review
Fearless and forthright Using the wisdom that shes gathered from excruciating breakups, near-death experiences, the loss of a parent, and more, Suvari proves to be an exceptionally strong narrator whose memoir will offer solace and companionship to readers who might feel isolated and alone An honest and unadorned Hollywood confessional that casts a light on the darkness behind the scenes.
Library Journal
Haunting While the experiences she details are devastating, her ability to weave them into a narrative of empowerment is what makes this so moving. In bringing her struggles to light, Suvari reclaims her story and will surely inspire others to do the same.
Publishers Weekly
A harrowing, often painful story of the all-too-prevalent ways young women are preyed upon, and the work it takes to find hope and healing.
Booklist
Copyright 2021 by Mena Suvari
Cover design by LeeAnn Falciani
Cover photograph by David Needleman/August Image
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021935699
ISBNs: 978-0-306-87452-9 (hardcover), 978-0-306-87450-5 (trade paperback), 978-0-306-87449-9 (ebook), 978-0-306-82618-4 (B&N signed edition), 978-0-306-82617-7 (signed edition)
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Dedicated to the Power above.
I NEVER INTENDED TO WRITE THIS BOOK; IT WASNT EVEN SOMETHING I HAD PREVIOUSLY thought about, being an author.
I spent almost my entire life feeling disgusted, ashamed, and in denial about what happened to me and what I had allowed myself to do and be a part of. Then one day, I stopped. I stopped running away and I looked at myself. I looked into the pain and what I saw was that I was ready to leave it all behind and heal.
It hasnt been easy to revisit all of this. It has brought up emotions that I thought I had firmly dealt with only to find out that I had actually expended great energy avoiding them. I see now how the experience of writing this book and forcing myself to finally deal with the truth has also been the greatest gift. Going back allowed me to heal and regain my power. Hopefully it will inspire others to do the same. Many of us believe that we are alone in our hurt and should suffer in isolation. In truth, we are all connected, and the greatest gift we can give to one another is sharing our experiences and collected wisdom.
There is strength in numbers. My hope is that this book can provide companionship to those who feel alone and lonely and dont think anyone else is there for them, as I felt for so much of my life. I want it to serve as the flickering light at the end of a dark road showing there is a way out. And there is.
Mena Suvari
The Great Peace was the title of a book of poetry and stories I wrote in my late teens. It included some drawings, too. The irony of the title is that the material in it painted a portrait of a young woman dealing with large sweeps of inner turmoil, anything but a great peace was, I suppose, what I sought. I carried the book with me as if it were a lifeline until I moved one too many times and it ended up at the bottom of a box in a storage unit, where it remained conveniently out of sight and ignored but never altogether forgotten.
The storage unit was near where I grew up, which was strangely fitting, because where better to bury all those painful experiences than where they happened?
That book and those writings, they were such a desperate plea to the world, to the universe, to anyone who might throw me a lifeline.
I never expected I would be the one to respond. But while visiting my husband in Canada in 2018, I decided I wanted to redecorate our home. On the days when Mike went to work, I sat with my morning coffee and looked at pictures of beautiful rooms. I wanted an organic and natural look, something that felt grounding, earthy, and real. More wood, less leather and chrome.
Once I got back to LA, I went to the storage unit to inventory the furniture and sift through the boxes. I decided to sell everything and use the money to finance my new dream interior. The unit was jammed with stuff. Years earlier, following the end of a relationship, I left the house where I had lived and put everything into there. It was typical of me. Just bid adieu to a bad situation, or two or three. My version of therapy was a garage, a padlock, and driving like a bat out of hell in the opposite direction.
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