Denial
Subtitle: a memoir of terror
By: Jessica Stern
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780061626654
Subjects: Rape; Psychology; Denial (Psychology); Biography; Psychological aspects; Rehabilitation; Victims of crimes; Rape victims
Description: A scientist and expert on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder describes her own journey through trauma and its lingering effects after repressing and disassociating her own ordeal as the victim of an unsolved sexual assault as a teenager.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300).
Table of contents: title: Jumping into the sea; title: Rape; title: The legacy of the Holocaust; title: The investigation; title: The making of a spy; title: The rapist; title: Climbing away; title: Denial; title: The end of denial; title: The witnesses; title: Collateral damage; title: Child victims; title: War's victims; title: Faith; title: Postscript.