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Lucky
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold

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Enormously visceral, emotionally gripping, and imbued with the belief that justice is possible even after the most horrific of crimes, Sebold's compelling memoir of her rape at the age of 18 is a story that takes hold and won't let go....
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold

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In this candid memoir, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was transformed when, as an 18-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten. Sebold tells of her road to recovery and how she ultimately managed to secure her attacker's arrest and...
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I Never Called It Rape
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I Never Called It Rape
by Robin Warshaw

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The classic book that broke new ground by thoroughly reporting on the widespread problem of date and acquaintance rape has now been completely updated to include recent studies, issues, current events, and controversies....
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Lucky
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Lucky
by Alice Sebold

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Once in a while a book so captures the public imagination it becomes a benchmark of the collective psyche. Last summer's The Lovely Bones is a perfect example. Something about this story narrated from heaven by a young girl learning to cope after her...
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Shattered: Reclaiming a Life Torn Apart by Violence
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Shattered: Reclaiming a Life Torn Apart by Violence
by Debra Puglisi Sharp

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In April 1998, Debra Puglisi Sharp -- wife, nurse, and mother of teenage twins -- was tending the roses in her garden when a factory worker with a cocaine habit slipped in through an open door and waited for her to come in. Nino, her husband of twenty...
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Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice
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Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice
by Bill Lueders

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     Cry Rape dramatically exposes the criminal justice system’s capacity for error as it recounts one woman’s courageous battle in the face of adversity. In September 1997, a visually impaired woman named Patty was raped...
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Recovering From Rape
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Recovering From Rape
by Linda E. Ledray

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Practical advice on overcoming the trauma and coping with police, hospitals, and the courts - for the survivors of sexual assault and their families, lovers, and friends....
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Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery
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Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery
by Patricia Francisco

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Bedtime Story The light cast by the red lamp near Andre's bed is too low for reading, so I switch on the glowing globe that illuminates a green and pink world. We arrange ourselves on his narrow bed in the corner, settle down to read Hans Christian...
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The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-By-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault
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The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-By-Step Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault
by Aphrodite Matsakis

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188)....
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Rape: Sex, Violence, History
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Rape: Sex, Violence, History
by Joanna Bourke

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Joanna Bourke takes the issue of rape out from the academic ghettos and distills the truth so often exploited to sell newspapers. Neither prurient nor overly sympathetic, she investigates rape from a historical standpoint examining the history of sexual...
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Rape, Incest, and Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Helping Survivors
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Rape, Incest, and Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Helping Survivors
by Kathryn Quina

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A working guide to the treatment of survivors of sexual victimization, this book treats rape, incest, and harassment as related forms of sexual abuse. It reviews present literature on the long-term effects of sexual assault and considers the services and...
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Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus
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Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus
by Peggy Sanday

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Go to Author's Homepage. "A classic. Fraternity Gang Rape is a fascinating analysis of how all male grousp such as fraternities or atheltics teams may create a rape culture where behavior occurs that few inidividuals acting alone would perpetrate. The...
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The Essential Guide to Date Rape Prevention: How to Avoid Dangerous Situations, Overpowering Individuals and Date Rape
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The Essential Guide to Date Rape Prevention: How to Avoid Dangerous Situations, Overpowering Individuals and Date Rape
by Scott Lindquist

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The Date Rape Prevention Book is a proactive source of information essential for girls and women to safeguard themselves. Being armed with information is a woman's best defense. These pages look at when and where date rape happens, what turns an ordinary...
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Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape
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Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape
by Charlo Pierce Baker

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Beginning with the author's own courageous account of being raped, and weaving in the multiple stories of ten other women, including the stories of the author's own family's response, Charlotte Pierce-Baker's Surviving the Silence becomes a full chorus...
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Transforming a Rape Culture
by Emilie Buchwald

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A rape culture is a society that accepts sexual violence as the norm. In this groundbreaking new work, a diverse group of opinions lays the foundation for change in basic attitudes about power, gender, race, and sexuality--for a future without sexual...
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Reclaiming Your Life After Rape: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Client Workbook
by Barbara Ol Rothbaum

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This powerful client workbook is written in an encouraging and easy-to-understand style specifically for women who have been sexually assaulted and have developed chronic symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Clients learn how cognitive...
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Sexual violence :our war against rape
by Linda At Fairstein

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The author, an assistant district attorney in New York County and the director of the sex crimes prosecution unit, describes some cases she's handled. For general readers. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Real Rape
by Susan Estrich

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Many men believe that they can force women to have sex against there will and that it isn't rape--at least, not if the man knows the women and doesn't beat her up or wield a wepon. The law's casual treatment of suchrape cases is the subject of this...
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I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse
by Lori S Robinson

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In I Will Survive Lori Robinson has created a valuable resource for African-American survivors of sexual assault (as well as their families, friends, and communities), incorporating personal stories, civil rights history, and a call for community...
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Date Rape Prevention Book
by Scott Lindquist

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The Date Rape Prevention Book is a proactive source of information essential for girls and women to safeguard themselves. Being armed with information is a woman's best defense. These pages look at when and where date rape happens, what turns an ordinary...
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