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Sebold’s career was launched with this memoir; what a travesty and what a tragedy.
Sebold’s career was launched with this memoir; what a travesty and what a tragedy.
This book had changed me. Changed the way I view writing, writers and the wide world. Simply amazing (but very, very sad and difficult to read at times but impossible to put down.)
I can't imagine myself in Sebold's shoes but she certainly stood up for herself. This might be recommended reading for college freshmen, but these days, maybe they know all this to start.
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I actually enjoyed this book better than The Lovely Bones. It's a story about how the author overcomes a rape that she experienced while in college. How she goes through the healing process is really amazing, and the book is very well-written.
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This book is a memoir about the author and her being raped in her freshman year at Syracuse and the aftermath of it all. It's a great book.
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A really brave account of rape, both as a singular experience and the way culture shifts because of it. An extremely important book.
Raw--but it is about rape and recovery.
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