An exhilarating and devastating memoir about re-emerging memory after sexual violence, recovery and rebuilding a life

'A compelling, beautifully written, truthful and important book' JESSICA STANLEY

'Profoundly moving and fiercely intelligent...honours resilience for the strength it truly is' ELAINE FEENEY

'Eloquent and powerful... Price writes with great care and rigour' LISA OWENS

Rosie Price was twenty-three, starting a life and a career in London, when her world was turned upside down by a re-emerging memory of rape. As she tried to piece her life back together, and to reconcile this long-forgotten night, she embarked on a deeper philosophical enquiry.

Feeling alienated from her body, her history and the world around her, questions began to form. Who are we, if not the sum total of our memories, or the story of our life's experiences? What happens to us when our sense of self is shattered, and how can we repair this rupture?

Price examines these questions through the lenses of art, literature, philosophy and lived experience. Where the World Begins is the story of her quest to reassemble her life, to restore her capacity to be in the world and to love in the aftermath of violence.