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Book Description
Enormously visceral, emotionally gripping, and imbued with the belief that justice is possible even after the most horrific of crimes, Alice Sebold's compelling memoir of her rape at the age of eighteen is a story that takes hold of you and won't let go.
Sebold fulfills a promise that she made Continue
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Qlibri published on Thu, 1 Dec 2011
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'Lucky' by Alice Sebold
This is a searing and incredibly moving account of Sebold's rape as an 18-year-old college freshman in 1981. Brutally honest from cover to cover, Sebold does not pull any punches, whether describing her emotionally cold upbringing, the rape itself or ... (read full critics)
readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010
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SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 | Add your feedback
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In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she st ... (continue)
meganzing said on Feb 16, 2008 | Add your feedback
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Now, I'm not about to say that rape shouldn't be written about, or that victims should be quiet, not at all; it's just that I didn't like the author's way of writing. It really left me with the feeling of annoyance, which is a crap feeling if the book you're reading is about rape. Maybe it's only me ... (continue)
Viollka said on May 25, 2010 | Add your feedback
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Jonealle7 said on Jan 14, 2010 | Add your feedback
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An excellent well written account of her brutal rape, an emotional and therefore difficult read. However would recommend it highly to others. It was fifteen years after she was raped that Alice Sebold wrote this memoir and even after this length of time it must have tken courage to write about somet ... (continue)
Lindyloumac said on Oct 2, 2009 | Add your feedback
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Gritty
If you can call Alice Sebold's memoir of her rape and the trial that followed during her first years of college "good," then this is a great book. Thank God I've never been through the harrowing experience of rape, but I felt my cheeks burn when she spoke of her shame (on many levels), and I cheer f ... (continue)
Marion the librarian said on Jan 12, 2009 | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Paperback 272 Pages
- ISBN-10: 033041836X
- ISBN-13: 9780330418362
- Publisher: Picador
- Pub date: Jun 06, 2003
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780330418362 | Paperback | $12.64 | $10.40 | The Book Depository |
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Lucky
La presentazione e le recensioni di Lucky, opera di Alice Sebold edita da Edizioni E/O. Alice Sebold ci consegna il resoconto dello stupro subito all'età di diciotto anni. Il suo Lucky non tralascia alcun particolare, i più segreti ingranaggi psicolo ... (read full critics)