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"I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came, he opened to 'I hate to read new books,' and I hollered 'Comrade!' to whoever owned it before me."
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Journal Entry 13 by
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Journal Entry 14 by
This was a very good but disturbing read. I'm really glad Alice Sebold decided to share her story with us. She says repeatedly in the book that the rape made her feel alienated from everybody else, and I can see what she means. Even after reading the book I still don't understand completely. I really don't know how it feels like to be raped. When she described how the rapist put his penis in her mouth, I kept thinking that I would have bitten it off. But would I really have had the guts to do that in a real situation?The book made me angry too. Not at the rapist, as one would think, but at our society. I quote from the book, page 176. "By this time I knew what the superficials were and knew they stood in my favor. I was a virgin. He was a stranger. It had happened outside. It was night. I wore loose clothes and could not be proven to have behaved provocatively. There were no drugs or alcohol in my system. I had no former involvement with the police of any kind, not even a traffic ticket. He was black and I was white. There was an obvious physical struggle. I had been injured internally - stitches had to be taken. I was young and and a student at a private university that brought revenue to the city. He had a record and had done time." The above passage made me sick. Why do any of those things matter? A rape is a rape even if the victim is on drugs and is dressed provocatively. And why is it worse to rape a university student than lets say a waitress? I absolutely hate the prejudices in our society. I think the book is very well written. Alice Sebold tells us about her life in between accounts of the progression of her trial. The courtroom passages are exhausting for the reader, as they must have been for her. There's also humor, and Sebold herself and her family all feel very real. I've never read a book where the good and bad sides of a person blend so seamlessly together. I have to quote one more thing, this is from page 73. "I sat on the blue silk couch, my father's prized posession, from which all children and dogs were banned. (For Christmas one year I had coaxed a bassett onto the light blue silk using a biscuit. I then snapped photos of her chowing down and had them framed, presenting them to my father as a gift.)" |
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Lucky has arrived in Hawaii and I have already started reading.I found myself unable to put this book down, fascinated with Sebold's vivid account of her rape and healing process. I was flooded by memories of my own rape and the horrible turmoil that followed soon after. Alice is an amazingly strong woman. I wish I had had half the courage she showed during this horrible period. I was much too terrified to file charges. My rapist eventually joined the U.S. Army and moved away. Friday, March 25, 2005 Mailed to KiwiWonder in Australia. |
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Released 6 yrs ago (8/30/2005 UTC) at by mail in Mailed to another BC member, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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