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Apr 29, 2018kwsmith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a true crime memoir. Late one night, Alice was walking back to her dorm room at Syracuse University in New York state. She took a shortcut through a dark park on the edge of campus and was brutally attacked and raped by a complete stranger. Alice describes the crime in extremely graphic detail and discusses how it impacted the rest of her life. A year later, still in Syracuse, Alice accidentally comes face-to-face with her attacker and calls the police. The book continues to describe the trial where she took the witness stand against her attacker. The events described in this memoir are emotionally gripping, and Alice Sebold is an excellent writer. As an unexpected bonus, Alice herself is a very interesting and unique character in her own story.