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@allureofbeauty this is awesome! Thank you so much. Can't wait to dive in. My daughter, who plans on studying criminal behavior, will love it too. 💜💜💜 @TheBookKeepers

@allureofbeauty look what arrived. So excited to open

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I always think I will do this but then forget about it. Maybe I will make it a resolution. lol. thanks for setting this up @Jess7

These days, most of my reading snippets look like this: a cheap cup of coffee grabbed as I rush from my work desk to campus, trying to arrive early enough to read 10 pages before class starts. I'm trying to be even more conscious about what I read because the moments are so few and far between. This examination of life after rape and the possibility of justice 20 years later is a difficult, important, honest read that is well worth the time.

I doubt I'll get another book read today, so here's my July stats. Some good books this month and rather non-fiction heavy. I clearly need to work on my POC authors.

I simply can't say enough. A matter-of-fact, affecting look at the author's rape over 20 years prior and subsequent legal action. The grace, hope, anger, intellect, and reflection shown are beautiful. This is such an important book and should be read by everyone.

I can tell already this is going to be good but emotionally difficult to read. I love this passage--I think she makes a very good point here that people often don't think about.

This was an interesting story and an interesting victim who waited over 20 years for her rapist to be caught. (Not too triggery) I don't want to tell you her story because her telling her own story is so much of this book, I would recommend this book.

Enjoyed this read for its honesty and informative description of how often AND severely the justice system works against the victim. The examination of how society expects victims to act after trauma is one to be discussed. Definitely an important read!

Full disclosure: I know the author, but even if I didn't, I'd be pushing people to read this memoir. Emily Winslow lived through some of the worst things a person can ever live through, but she emerged with grace and dignity and an unbelievable ability to write about it with beauty. Read it!!

"He should know how young I was then. Then I worry more, that that happy, proud smile will just add to him thinking that what happened didn't matter. I worry that he won't understand." ????

"Things were apart in me. Happy feelings didn't cancel out the terrible ones; nor did the bad mitigate the good. Every feeling was just itself. They rushed side by side, each of them strong on their own and unaffected by the other. All of them were powerful in their own ways."

We need more books like this. Watson details her rape and subsequent twenty-year search for justice, but also addresses some serious problems with getting justice, how the system fails victims at so many levels, and what being a victim means. It's an eye-opening story that everyone should read.

Everyone needs to pick up this book, it's so important and Emily Winslow's writing is very engaging and brutally honest. It comes out on May 24, 2016!
(Full review on blog).

Emily Winslow is a fantastic writer. I imagine this will be difficult but amazing.

Loving this book by Emily Winslow. It's moving and heart wrenching and full of profound snippets of wisdom. Out on May 24th!! Add it to your TBR!