An Instant NY Times Bestseller

Chosen like a BEST BOOK OF THE ENTIRE YEAR by The New York Times Book Evaluate, The Washington Post, Period, Elle, Glamour, and Paste Mag

‘Miller is an extraordinary article writer: plain, precise and moving.’ –NPR

‘Know I am a gut-punch, and in the end, in some way, also blessedly hopeful.’ –Washington Post

‘Understand My Name marks the debut of the gifted young writer. Miller’s words are purpose. They may be maps. And she actually is a treasure who has prevailed.’ –The New York about Know My Name: A Memoir Situations

She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just half a year in county jail after he was discovered sexually assaulting her on Stanford’s campus. Her victim impact declaration was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral–viewed by eleven million people within four times, it had been translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the event. Thousands wrote to say that she experienced provided them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time.

Now she reclaims her identity to tell her story of injury, transcendence, and the power of words. It had been an ideal case, in many ways–there had been eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical proof was immediately secured. But her challenges with isolation and pity during the aftermath and the trial show the oppression victims face in actually the best-case situations. Her story illuminates a lifestyle biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a criminal justice system made to fail probably the most susceptible, and, eventually, shines with the courage required to move through suffering and live a complete and beautiful lifestyle.

Know My Name will forever transform the way we consider sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth towards the tumultuous reality of healing. It also introduces readers to an extraordinary writer, one whose phrases have already transformed our world. Entwining pain, resilience, and laughter, this memoir will stand as today’s classic.