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I Choose Elena

ISBN-13: 9781999683399

Author(s): Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Subjects: BM, DNC

Publisher: The Indigo Press

Publisher Imprint: The Indigo Press

Publication Date: 19-09-2019

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£8.99
I Choose Elena

About the book

Aged 15 and on track to be an Olympic gymnast, Lucia Osborne-Crowley was violently raped on a night out, sparking a series of events that left her devastatingly ill for more than ten years of her life. Her path to healing began a decade later, when she told someone about her rape for the very first time. Eventually finding solace in writers like Elena Ferrante, this is a work about rediscovering vulnerability and resilience in the face of formerly unbearable trauma. The author explores what has been proved, but is not yet widely known, about trauma, bringing to our attention its cyclical, intergenerational nature; how trauma intersects with deeply-held beliefs about the credibility of women; and how trauma is played out again and again in the fabric of our cultures, governments, judicial systems, and relationships.