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Longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020
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1 author picked Is Rape a Crime? A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Michelle Bowdler’s piercing question pinpoints the hypocrisy of laws that often favor abusers rather than those they harm. This happens so routinely that survivors speak of two assaults: the abuse itself and the revictimization as they seek justice.
Bowdler was the victim of a serial rapist in Boston whose break-ins and assaults terrorized the city. After Bowdler reported the attack, she was assured that the crime would be investigated. Nothing of the sort happened. Is Rape a Crime? pulls back the curtain on how sexual assault victims are treated by law enforcement and concludes with a powerful demand for change.
From Leigh's list on to understand sexual violence, healing, and justice.
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