A People magazine pick, Best Books Fall 2023. 'A breathtaking memoir about surviving a horrifying childhood, Means. transforms memories. into a work of art. ' Starred review from Kirkus. 'This book is an outstanding debut. A harrowing and soulful memoir to be read, savored, and reread. ' 'Brittany Means has pieced together the shards of a devastating childhood in this powerful memoir. It's gut-wrenching but at the same time triumphant, harrowing yet exquisitely told. Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways is a story of survival that left me choked up and cheering. '-Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle 'The book's lasting impact might be what it demands of the memoir genre. Brittany Means has, at once, created the most readable and the most psychologically rigorous book I've read in decades. I needed the reminder that art can do this. ' -Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy 'I can't write a story about myself as the sad, quiet child of two drug addicts. That's not how it was, even when it was. To me, sleeping in the car was normal. Better, it was comfy and fun. I loved my bed made of clothes inside a trash bag that I sank into slowly like Uncle Fester from the Addams Family movie. I loved the motels and their swimming pools and trashy daytime Tv channels.