A Survivors Education, Joy Neumeyer
A Survivors Education, Joy Neumeyer
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A Survivor's Education
Women, Violence, and the Stories We Don't Tell

Author: Joy Neumeyer

Narrator: Joy Neumeyer

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 08/20/2024


Synopsis

In this timely memoir, a journalist examines intimate abuse, campus politics, and the narratives we choose to believe. 

In this poignant self-investigation, historian and journalist Joy Neumeyer explores how violence against women is portrayed, perceived, and adjudicated today. Interweaving the harrowing account of the abuse she experienced as a graduate student at Berkeley with those of others who faced violence on campus and beyond, Neumeyer offers a startling look at how the hotly-debated Title IX system has altered university politics and culture, and uncovers the willful misremembrance that enables misconduct on scales large and small.   

Deeply researched, daringly inquisitive, and resonant for our times, A Survivor's Education reveals the entanglement of storytelling, abuse, and power–and how we can balance narrative and evidence in our attempts to determine what “really” happened.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michal

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for granting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book is set to be published August 20, 2024. What an incredible read! I'm a huge fan of memoirs and I knew I needed to get my hands on this as soon as I read the description. And let me......more

Goodreads review by Corky

A unique and captivating journey through one woman's abusive relationship and the related aftermath. Neumeyer structured this book in a very strategic manner - specifically the first two thirds. The prologue is a masterpiece - the bait and switch: I returned to the prologue after completing the book.......more