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Up against a wall Up against a wall Rose Corrigan "Rape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-wave feminism. Yet forty years after the anti-rape movement emerged, legal and medical institutions continue to … OL16715134W
Breath of scandal Breath of scandal Sandra Brown On a rainy Southern night, Jade Sperry endured a young woman's worst nightmare at the hands of three local hell-raisers. Robbed of her youthful ideals and at the center of scandal and tragedy, Jade r… OL167304W
I am the Central Park jogger I am the Central Park jogger Trisha Meili The center of the 1989 case recounts the discovery of her badly injured body, her treatment and rehabilitation, the trials of the suspects, and her subsequent experiences. OL17728640W
Denial Denial Jessica Stern A scientist and expert on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder describes her own journey through trauma and its lingering effects after repressing and disassociating her own ordeal as the vic… OL17737461W
Little Girl Lost Little Girl Lost Leisha Joseph,Deborah Bruner Mendenhall "All of my Bible heroes are survivors. I guess all of the people I have met in my life and I consider to be my heroes are survivors...This book is the story of a survivor. It is the story of a remark… OL17764825W
The jaguar man The jaguar man Lara Naughton "What happens when one harrowing incident changes your life, splitting it between before and now? On the fourth day of what Lara Naughton thought would be two weeks of bliss in Belize, she was kidnap… OL17876853W
The sandpiper The sandpiper Susan B. Lovell "Nestled in the safe haven of The Sandpiper, a white-shingled cottage perched above the endless blue of Lake Michigan, Nina Judd has always been the guardian angel of the three Cameron women. Ellie C… OL17924728W
The Outsider The Outsider Stephen King,Will Patton,Bernhard Kleinschmidt "An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-yea… OL18147915W
The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions) The Sacrifice of Tamar (Readers Guide Editions) Naomi Ragen A rabbi's wife in New York is raped by a black man, but hides the incident from her husband and they continue sleeping as normal. On becoming pregnant she cannot tell who the father is, so decides ag… OL1853907W
Not that bad Not that bad Roxane Gay In this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women… OL19739322W
Deep dark blue Deep dark blue Polo Tate I want to be in the Air Force someday. These are the words Polo Tate engraves on her junior dog tags at age eleven. An unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work pays off and at age eigh… OL19748593W
The girl The girl Samantha Geimer In this searing memoir, the author, "the girl" at the center of the infamous Roman Polanski sexual assault case, breaks a virtual thirty-five year silence to tell her story and reflect on the events… OL19967857W
Five minutes alone Five minutes alone Paul Cleave Investigating a string of disappearances and murders of convicted rapists, detective Tate must find the culprit despite the public rooting against justice, while Schroeder deals with the physical and… OL19987504W
South of forgiveness South of forgiveness Þórdís Elva Þorvaldsdóttir One ordinary spring morning in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thordis Elva kisses her son and partner goodbye before boarding a plane to do a remarkable thing: fly seven thousand miles to South Africa to confro… OL20055510W
Beautiful ever after Beautiful ever after Katie Piper Katie Piper's extraordinary story of strength and recovery after a brutal rape and acid attack has captivated Britain. In this powerful sequel to her bestselling memoir, Katie tells the remarkable st… OL20882351W
King Kong théorie King Kong théorie Virginie Despentes Out of print in the U.S. for far too long, writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s autobiographical feminist manifesto is back―in an improved English translation―“blistering with anger, and so prec… OL2303159W
Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady Samuel Richardson "Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose intentions are much less than… OL24255068W
Three acclaimed novels Three acclaimed novels Jodi Picoult Second glance: A developer has targeted an ancient Indian burial ground for a mall, and now strange happenings have the inhabitants of Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross… OL24855564W
The twelfth juror The twelfth juror Alexandra Swann After a brutal rape, New York attorney Megan Cleary buys a handgun for protection and, when she is attacked again, uses that gun to shoot and kill her attacker, fleeing the scent before the police ar… OL29316023W
Tennant's Rock Tennant's Rock Steven Paul McGiffen "A young frontier woman, Sissy, feels relieved when her brother, Nate, finally returns from prison. Nate has been away ten years, a sentence imposed for the killing of their father, though who is to … OL5857803W
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