page_title: Lacy M. Johnson
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caption_attribution_description: English: Author Lacy M. Johnson at the 2018 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States.
context_page_description: Lacy M. Johnson is an American writer, professor and activist. She is the author of The Reckonings and The Other Side. In both memoirs, Johnson tells readers about when her ex-boyfriend kidnapped, raped, and held her hostage in 2000. The books do not focus on the violence, but rather on how Johnson is reclaiming her story and learning how to cope with her trauma. After her first book, The Other Side, sparked international praise, she was repeatedly asked the question, "What would she like to see happen to her rapist." This question began Johnson's investigation into the concepts of forgiveness and mercy in her latest book, The Reckonings, where to many audience members surprise, Johnson does not want vengeance, and has frequently said, her idea of justice is to have her rapist be held accountable and for her to heal. Johnson's rapist was never brought to trial after he fled arrest and now lives in Venezuela.
context_section_description: Lacy M. Johnson is an American writer, professor and activist. She is the author of The Reckonings (Scribner, 2018) and The Other Side (Tin House, 2014). In both memoirs, Johnson tells readers about when her ex-boyfriend kidnapped, raped, and held her hostage in 2000. The books do not focus on the violence, but rather on how Johnson is reclaiming her story and learning how to cope with her trauma. After her first book, The Other Side, sparked international praise, she was repeatedly asked the question, "What would she like to see happen to her rapist." This question began Johnson's investigation into the concepts of forgiveness and mercy in her latest book, The Reckonings, where to many audience members surprise, Johnson does not want vengeance, and has frequently said, her idea of justice is to have her rapist be held accountable and for her to heal. Johnson's rapist was never brought to trial after he fled arrest and now lives in Venezuela.
caption: Johnson at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
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