“In the tunnel where I was raped, a tunnel which was once an underground entry to an amphitheter, a place where actors burst forth from underneath the seats of a crowd, a girl had been murdered and dismembered. I was told this story by the police. In comparison, they said, I was lucky.”
I aquired this book at the recent Bookcrossing meetup that I went to. This is Alice Sebold’s personal story of how she was raped and managed to survive through the aftermath of the ordeal. I love Alice Sebold’s frank, honest writing style and I truly enjoy the way she tells a story. I would definitely recommend Sebold’s books to anyone who can handle the subject matter; I’ve read Lovely Bones and Almost Moon, and enjoyed the style of writing as well as the first person point of view.
When Alice Sebold hit it big with Lovely Bones, I knew that she’d been raped herself, but I didn’t know all the rest of her story. She lets it all hang out in here – family, friends, coping, police, drugs, sex, etc. – and I am so impressed with her, her story, and her style. Definitely recommend it if you can handle the subject matter and frank language (she calls things what they are).
May 18, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Thanks for the recommendation. :) I’ll add it to my ever-growing list of books to be read. After reading Lovely Bones several years ago I’m ready to try another one of her books.