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by Alice Sebold

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Does every one of her books deal with rape? It gets old. Try something else to write about Alice.
Amber What an awful, awful thing to say.

On top of that: Do you even know the story of how she wrote Lucky. Of how she was writing her novel and stopped for…m´Ç°ù±ðWhat an awful, awful thing to say.

On top of that: Do you even know the story of how she wrote Lucky. Of how she was writing her novel and stopped for years to do this work to make sure she was telling her characters story cleanly? I mean wow, I am just absolutely shocked and floored by this question.

Please read this poem and consider thinking about being so flippant and out-of-line about such questions as these: "To the Guy in the Back of the Room, Complaining About Listening to Another Rape Poem:" (less)
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Does anyone knows about Sebold's decision to leave out the name of her attacker. (It's been a while since I read this, but I think she always referred to him as "my rapist" or something similar.) Has she ever talked about her decision to leave out the name? I guess my real question is: with everything that happened afterwards, what steps is she taking to protect herself from further injury?
Austin S FYI the man she accused was recently exonerated after Netflix started looking into the case, since the novel is being made into a movie: …m´Ç°ù±ðFYI the man she accused was recently exonerated after Netflix started looking into the case, since the novel is being made into a movie: (less)
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Does anyone think Sebold should amend this book? I ask because her "identification" of her rapist in court was proven to be 100% wrong. As of 22/11/2021 the man, who spent 16 yers(!!!) in prison - he was released in 1999 - as a result of Sebold's testimony, has been cleared of his conviction and received the court and the prosecution's apology.
Elora Walker While I really do empathize with what Alice has gone through, I think you are right and I feel that this book must be amended because just think about…m´Ç°ù±ðWhile I really do empathize with what Alice has gone through, I think you are right and I feel that this book must be amended because just think about it for a second about what must that man have gone through in those 40 years of his life--16 years in prison, then 23 years on the registered sex offenders list.

She apparently misidentified the wrong man. And the police and prosecution did her no favors as well. The whole thing seems rather unfortunate. You have a wrongfully convicted man and then now you have her and she is going to be retraumatized over this now. This memoir is outdated because of the new circumstances. It was well written but sadly mistaken. And more pain is going to come out of this.

That said, this memoir cannot be recommended anymore because the evidence that has now changed much of the story.

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Will people still support her now that she admitted that she lied about who raped her? causing an innocent man to spend 18 yrs in jail? Perhaps she will make profit off of that, too, writing a book called "Unlucky?"
Peter She didn't lie, since lying is a conscious effort to telll a falsehood. The author has always believed that thiss man was her rapist, and so did the j…m´Ç°ù±ðShe didn't lie, since lying is a conscious effort to telll a falsehood. The author has always believed that thiss man was her rapist, and so did the justsice system.(less)
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If you've read the novel, does it change anything about how you view it knowing that her testimony put an innocent man in jail? "I won't sully these proceedings by saying I'm sorry," District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said in the courtroom. "That doesn't cut it. This should never have happened." https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/anthony-broadwater-alice-sebold-rape-exoneration/index.html
Peter No, not to me. She was raped, and she was raped by a black man. When she later recognized a man to be her rapist, he was judged and found guilty. That…m´Ç°ù±ðNo, not to me. She was raped, and she was raped by a black man. When she later recognized a man to be her rapist, he was judged and found guilty. That last part was not her doing, except for the testimony during the trail.

But the failure (if there is one) lies with the American justice system. And with the rapist, who nevver came clean about his crime.(less)
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