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Title: Know My NameAuthor: Chanel Miller
Published: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
This is the memoir of Chanel Miller, the woman the world knew as Emily Doe in the People v. Turner case, and in it we explore her experience of sexually assaulted on Stanford campus, the aftermath and the subsequent court case.
Review:
I knew that reading this book would be challenging because of the subject, but I was really interested in it because I heard about this case when it was going on and it always infuriated me how it turned out. I remember reading her witness statement that went viral and it was heart-breaking and powerful.
This book is very much that as well. Reading Miller's story was fascinating, gut-wrenching and disturbing, but it's an incredibly well written book and I applaud Miller for being so honest and raw in her sharing. You get such a good sense of how she felt, the waves of emotion and the constant struggle it was just to be able to live through this, but you also get to know the other sides of Miller and how she's both completely engulfed by her trauma and also more than it.
You can't help but be impressed by the authors bravery of not only going to trial, but to share her story and her name with the world. What I find so striking about this though is how she shares that yes, she's brave, but she's also afraid, confused, hopeful and angry. The book manages to encapsulate all the complexity of what she went through and the system she had to fight, and it's just incredibly impressive.
This is a moving story of trauma, resilience, grief and healing and it's an incredibly personal and insightful look into how we as a society treat the victims of sexual assault and rape. I'd highly recommend it to everyone, it's one of the best books I've read this year.
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