I Am the Central Park Jogger
Subtitle: A Story of Hope and Possibility
Publisher: Scribner
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780743244381
Subjects: True crime; Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic; New York; Crime And Criminals; Violent crimes; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Rape victims; Biography/Autobiography; USA; New York (N.Y.); Personal Memoirs; Women; Biography & Autobiography / General; Victims of crimes; Biography; Case studies; New York (State)
First sentence: At 5 P.M. on the day of the assault, I turned down a dinner invitation from a friend because I had too much work to do at the office.
Description: The woman dubbed in the headlines "the Central Park Jogger," who was raped and brutally beaten in 1989 while jogging in New York's Central Park, recounts her assault and recovery and describes how the event changed her life.