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At seventeen, Ava Morales has already learned how to survive.
Growing up in a tense home in Madrid, she mistakes silence for safety and endurance for love. When a relationship offers her escape, attention, and belonging, Ava doesn't see the warning signs-until control replaces care and staying starts to erase who she is.
As friendships fade and the truth becomes impossible to ignore, Ava must face the patterns she inherited and decide whether she will repeat them-or break them.
Before I Knew Better is a raw, poetic young adult novel about toxic love, emotional survival, and the courage it takes to choose yourself before it's too late.