One Way Back

A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

Narrated by: Christine Blasey Ford

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

This program is read by the author and includes clips from her testimony, a Trump rally, C-SPAN, CNN, and ABC News.

The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She described an alleged sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee that took place at a high school party in the 1980s. Her words and courage on that day provided some of the most credible and unforgettable testimony our country has ever witnessed.

In One Way Back, Ford recounts the months she spent trying to get information into the right hands without exposing herself and her family to dangerous backlash. Drawing parallels to her life as a surfer, she explains the process of paddling out into unknown waters despite the risks and fears, knowing there is only one way back to shore. The book reveals riveting new details about the leadup to her testimony and its overwhelming aftermath and describes how she continues to navigate her way out of the storm.

This is the real story behind the headlines and the soundbites, a complex, compelling memoir of a scientist, a surfer, a mother, a patriot and an unlikely whistleblower. Ford’s experience shows that when one person steps forward to speak truth to power, she adds to a collective whole, causing "a ripple that might one day become a wave.”

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Christine Blasey Ford (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Raw honesty

Bravery and resilience. Amazing. What Dr. Ford has had to endure is unimaginable. She is a true patriot.

Beautiful & vulnerable

A beautiful & vulnerable memoir of an amazing woman, told with a raw honesty. A very valuable read for everyone!

Must read!

I am so grateful for this book! I'm sorry that being brave and doing the right thing cost you so much. This book will no doubt offer the support that so many women are in need of, including me. Thank you for telling your story.

Strength in the author

What a great book. Christine has gone through some extremely tough moments! She should be proud for standing up. It is very inspiring!

hero of the #MeToo movement tells her full life story

This is the real story behind the headlines and the soundbites, a complex, page-turning memoir of a scientist, a surfer, a mother, a patriot and an unlikely whistleblower.

Thank you, Dr Ford!

I felt enormous gratitude for Dr Ford as I listened to this and gained further context around this collectively tragic chapter in so many women’s & survivors lives. She’s an unlikely and ambivalent American and feminist hero, but a hero is unequivocally what she is! The personal cost to coming forward - to her, her family, her friends, her colleagues, and her students - has been profound and unjust. I hope she knows what an extraordinary gift she gave us - in coming forward and in writing this book. I love the humanizing personal details like: she’s a passionate surfer, a lover of misfits, a bit of a misfit herself, that she dyes her hair blue, and that her favorite bands are Metallica and Pearl Jam! She’s wonderfully human and reluctantly brave.

Finally the truth is told

This is an important book. I appreciate having the author tell her side of the story.

Telling the Truth

A story of how women are blamed for coming forward but how coming forward allowed all women to be seen who are still hiding their stories in the shadows because of the harm that happens to those that speak up. You did the hard thing, you told the truth, thank you!

A difficult and compelling story

I was riveted from beginning to end. She had no idea what she was stepping into when she decided to tell her story publicly, and what a price she and her family have paid. It’s a cautionary tale, but one of bravery and principle. Very well told, and on her own terms, finally.

A moving and important book

This book gives a behind the scenes view of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and humanizes her. To the public, she’s the brave woman who stood up to Brett Kavanaugh, but this book shows there’s so much more to her.