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Title: After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back by Nancy Venable Raine ISBN: 0-609-80419-7 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.95 (43 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A voice for the inner world of rape survivors
Comment: Reading this book will show you that you are not alone. Nancy Venable Raine talks extensively about the damaging effects of being silenced, and of keeping the secret. She expresses that rape is a death and that healing is a discovery of who you are. My sexual abuse began so early in life that I cannot remember who I was before the sexual violation started. Each rape that I endured was another death, and now I am seeking to find life. I was thankful to read the story of a rape survivor who knew a life before rape (It helped me to better understand myself, and the effects sexual assault has had on my life and development).
Nancy writes with such poetic detail that you feel the depth of terror in her experience, but you also feel incredible joy that she survived to be the person that she is.
At times, the way Nancy describes her experiences of PTSD it was like reading my own story. It is amazing the way that trauma effects us so similarly, and altars our brain structures and who we are. By sharing our stories, we understand that we are not alone. By seeing ourselves in another person we realize that these strange feelings are common reactions to trauma, and we are not crazy, stupid or failures (as I would sometimes conclude about myself). Seeing that the perceptions that I have of my own trauma are shared in other people's experiences I realize that I also already know the way out of my own trauma. Nancy Venable Raine offers fabulous insight into PTSD, and it's effects on brain chemistry.
In addition her telling and understanding of the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone (Originally "The Hymn to Demeter") was one of the best and most touching that I have ever read. Another great book about women's journeys to sexual healing (including a telling of the myth of Demeter and Persephone) is "Aphrodite's Daughters" by Jalaja Bonheim.
On Page 243 of "After Silence" Nancy Venable Raine says, "The way back from victimization is not triumph over adversity. It is transformation through grief, rage, and loss." I feel that transformation is a very accurate description and it is within our hands to achieve.
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible journey for any survivor to take
Comment: I read this book shortly after my own personal attack and rape and I have to say, it got me through some of the worst times.
This books tells you a story of a woman whose right to her body is taken away, and the horrible aftermath it leaves. But it also leaves you feeling connected through similiar experiences, and educates you about common misconceptions and falsities in rape statistics and information. Reading this book helped me feel less alone, and also gave me information to empower me to try to go out and help fight the terror that is violence and rape against women, or anyone for that matter.
Rape survivors and non-rape survivors alike should read this book. It's gripping, heartwrenching, and will certainly open your eyes, as well as your heart. You're definitely not the same after having read this book. Incredible.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful insight
Comment: What a wonderfully honest book! It shares the heartbreak of what rape does to the human soul. I also highly recommend reading Peaceful Heart: A Woman's Journey of Healing, by Aimee Jo Martin....a book that is a true testament to the human spirit.
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Title: Recovering from Rape by Linda E. Ledray ISBN: 0805029281 Publisher: Owl Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Telling : A Memoir of Rape and Recovery by Patricia Weaver Francisco ISBN: 0060930764 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape by Robin Warshaw ISBN: 0060925728 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Hours of Torture, Years of Silence : My Soul Was the Scene of the Crime by Teresa Lauer ISBN: 0966207807 Publisher: Institute for Interpersonal Relations Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Truth About Rape by Teresa M. Lauer ISBN: 0966207815 Publisher: RapeRecovery.com Pub. Date: 21 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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