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Things we didn't talk about when I was a girl, a memoir, by Jeannie Vanasco

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Things we didn't talk about when I was a girl

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by Jeannie Vanasco

a memoir

Jeannie Vanasco has had the same nightmare since she was a teenager. It is always about him: one of her closest high school friends, a boy named Mark. A boy who raped her. When her nightmares worsen, Jeannie decides to reach out to Mark. He agrees to talk on the record and meet in person. Jeannie details her friendship with Mark before and after the assault, asking the brave and urgent question: Is it possible for a good person to commit a terrible act? She interviews Mark, exploring how rape has impacted his life as well as her own. She examines the language surrounding sexual assault and pushes against its confines, contributing to and deepening the #MeToo discussion. Part memoir and part true crime record, a recounting and reckoning that will inspire listeners to ask harder questions and interrogate their biases. Jeannie Vanasco examines and dismantles long-held myths of victimhood, discovering grace and power in this genre-bending investigation into the trauma of sexual violence

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Things we did not talk about when I was a girl