Lucky

LuckyIn a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen year old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit as she struggles for understanding; as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs,

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has set up business as a private detective in Grimmtown

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Laura Secor narrates this unprecedented history as a story of individuals caught up in the slipstream of their time

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she finds great comfort in his company

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