I just finished Lucky by Alice Sebold. It is a memoir and the bulk of it is about her rape and how that shaped her life. Honestly, it was hard for me to relate because the traumatic events that I have experienced in life haven't been inflicted upon my by another person, but through medical oddities.
I felt the book hard to read, but impossible to stop reading. I think I would have felt guilty if I had not finished the book, guilty for not allowing Sebold to tell her story to me. The book really does allow the reader to get a sense of being there with the author and going through her trauma as she does.
I can't say that I would recommend this book because it is so tough to read, just mentally and emotionally exhausting, but I think it could be valuable for a survivor. I don't know... I just know that I don't think I will ever read this book again and I am most definiately listing it on half.com after this posting.
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