The Girl at One-Five-Eight – A memoir by Lee Bird | Now available for advance order | Release date 9 May 2026.

“Brutal, beautiful, unforgettable. I didn’t want it to end.” – ARC Review

She survived a childhood shaped by secrets she was never meant to uncover.

In a house governed by violence, silence, and shifting loyalties, reality was unstable. As a child, she became disoriented, unsure who could be trusted, what was true, or even who she was within her own family.

Conditioned to believe she was not entitled to safety she learned to carry responsibility for a chaos she did not create.

Only after her parents’ deaths did a long-buried truth surface revealing that the architecture of her childhood had been built on concealed foundations.

The Girl at One-Five-Eight is a memoir about inherited secrets, distorted loyalty, and what happens when the story you were given about yourself collapses.

Trigger Warning

Before you step into these pages, I want you to know something important. Parts of my story touch on domestic violence, childhood trauma, sexual abuse, and the long shadows they cast. Please take care of yourself as you read. – Lee Bird