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If you have read "Lucky Bones" and expect this book to be the same, be warned that it is not. This is a true accounting of Alice Sebold's rape when she was a college student and the subsequent trial of the rapist. I think every woman should read it to get a good idea of how women are re-victimized by the legal process. I hope it would not stop a woman from reporting a rape, but make more women aware of the changes that still need to be made in the legal system. I admire her resolve and her courage to stay with it to the end. The story is very well told and you feel like you are there in that dark tunnel with her and I could feel her pain and her horror when she saw her rapist on the street, and he spoke to her like they were friends!!! Please read this book and pass it on to every woman you know.Read full review
What happened to Alice Sebold shouldn't happen to anyone. That she survived her ordeal at all is miraculous, but that she found a voice with which to describe her experience with clarity, with tremendous insight and with warmth is almost unbelievable, yet this is exactly what she does with Lucky. As a studen at Syracuse University in 1980, Alice is the victim of a horribly brutal rape as she leaves a friends house. The experience understandably shatters her, but even she does not realize the depth of her feelings or the effect they are having on her life and behavior. She eventually sees her rapist again, and takes us through the trial and subsequent events in her life, which are tied intricately to the rape even though she is unaware of it. The afterward picks up ten years after the book opens as she is still battling with the emotional scars that have not yet healed. That anyone can talk about such horror at all is amazing, but Alice really allows readers inside her head, hiding nothing from them. Her painful interactions with her family and friends as they try to do what's best for her, and as she tries to convince them that she's 'recovered' come across as achingly real as they were for her. Readers, too, can see how damaged Alice still feels even as she tells herself that she's not, and I felt myself rooting for this heroic woman throughout the book, hoping that she would find whatever justice that she could and pick up the pieces of her life. This is no maudlin tale, not at all romanticized or sugar coated, which may be difficult for some to take, as it was for me at times. But I kept reading because I was so amazed at what was being offered, that someone was sharing such a personal experience, something that affects more women than most people know. I am fortunate enough not to know someone who has endured a similar ordeal, although I now think I have some very limited insight into what a person might experience. I applaud Alice Sebold for her bravery in putting forth her story, and I think this book is an important one. It's not an easy read nor one to be taken lightly, but I feel that I learned so much from it. And the fact that this book represents Alice's triumph makes it all the more rewarding.Read full review
This book is an honest trip by a young woman who was viciously raped. The details of her rape are intense, not for the faint of heart. She shows the vulnerability of her family and lets us realize that all of us have skeletons in our closets. She admits when she makes mistakes, does not apologize when she wishes or imagines revenge, she shows a sense of humor even if it goes over the edge of normal convention. A solid work, really shows the healing and grieving process. As a women who was viciously raped at 13 years old, in a different era I realize the magnitude of this book. Thank you Ms. Sebold.
I got this as a gift for my sister. The book is in great shape.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I loved this book. I had ready Sebold's previous book "Lovely Bones" which I thought was so well written (see my review of that) that I went out and purchased this book. Honestly, I couldn't put it down. Sebolt did such a wonderful account of her rape and her life after it. She was able to put all her emotions and feelings down on paper....Great Writing...Keep up the good work!
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