No Exit

Joanne thought she'd found safety when she escaped her abusive husband. She was wrong. Homeless and desperate, she seeks refuge in a women's shelter-the last place meant to protect the most vulnerable. But when a biological man is granted access to her space, her bed, her most intimate moments, Joanne discovers that the word "woman" no longer means what it once did. Defending herself becomes her crime. Speaking the truth becomes her hate. And the system designed to protect women becomes the very thing that destroys them. NO EXIT is a unflinching exploration of what happens when ideology collides with reality, when validation is prioritized over safety, and when women are told their boundaries are bigotry. Through Joanne's harrowing journey from domestic violence to homelessness to incarceration, this novel asks the question no one wants to answer: If women can no longer define their own spaces, do they have any spaces at all? In an era where speaking certain truths can cost you everything, NO EXIT dares to tell the story that needs to be told-about the women who are erased in the name of progress, silenced in the name of inclusion, and punished for the crime of self-preservation. Some truths are too dangerous to ignore. Some stories are too important to silence. This is one of them.