In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit Alice Sebold reveals how herlife was utterly transformed when as an eighteenyearold college freshmanshe was br... » 

In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit Alice Sebold reveals how herlife was utterly transformed when as an eighteenyearold college freshmanshe was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels thischronicle of her recovery is Sebolds indomitable spirit as she struggles forunderstanding After telling the hard facts to anyone from lover to friend Ihave changed in their eyes as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungletheir efforts to provide comfort and support and as ultimately she triumphsmanaging through grit and coincidence to help secure her attackers arrest andconviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing thrilling and inspiring AliceSebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdomprofoundly hardwon You save yourself or you remain unsaved. «