Indonesian actress exposes ‘fake’ marriage and grooming in viral memoir

When Indonesian actress Aurelie Moeremans released her memoir earlier this month, she never intended for it to start a national conversation over abuse and consent. Her book, Broken Strings: Fragments of Stolen Youth, recounts how she was groomed as a teenager – and how long it took her to understand what had happened. The story has struck a nerve across Indonesia, where parents, educators and officials are now asking how such harm could have happened unseen. Made freely available online, the...