Lucky by Alice Sebold
In Lucky, a memoir hailed for its searing candour 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 (‘After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes’); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: ‘You save yourself or you remain unsaved.’
A rueful, razor-sharp memoir. . Sebold tells what it’s like to go through a particular kind of nightmare in order to tell what it’s like – slowly, bumpily, triumphantly – to heal. -- Sarah Kerr * Vogue *
Alice Sebold is the author of the bestselling novels The Lovely Bones, The Almost Moon, and the memoir Lucky. She lives in California.
| SKU | GOR000362690 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780330418362 |
| ISBN 10 | 033041836X |
| Title | Lucky |
| Author | Alice Sebold |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2003-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us |
