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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
I don't often feel compelled to talk about the books I'm reading, but this one sunk its teeth into me and I needed to tell everyone I encountered about it.
The insights into what sexual assault survivors face and how inept our system is to bring them justice has given me a more layered understanding of the #metoo movement than anything I've read up to this point.
The author expertly wove together threads from the past with the present in a way I've never experienced before. I am blown away by her strength and determination and vulnerability. This will stick with me for a long time.
The insights into what sexual assault survivors face and how inept our system is to bring them justice has given me a more layered understanding of the #metoo movement than anything I've read up to this point.
The author expertly wove together threads from the past with the present in a way I've never experienced before. I am blown away by her strength and determination and vulnerability. This will stick with me for a long time.
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Run Towards the Danger is a lovely collection of essays by Sarah Polley. Polley is genuine and vulnerable as she writes about recollections of her childhood, young adult, and adult moments. Each piece is a standalone essay but when read in conjunction with each other, they paint a beautiful story of a woman coming to terms with and learning about herself through the lens of retrospection.
I found the book encouraging and interesting to read as throughout the book the evidence of Polley’s growth and healing is evident - in many ways her journey gives hope to those following her as we all learn in our own lives to run Towards the Danger.
I found the book encouraging and interesting to read as throughout the book the evidence of Polley’s growth and healing is evident - in many ways her journey gives hope to those following her as we all learn in our own lives to run Towards the Danger.
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Graphic: Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma
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If you thought the young Sarah Polley was a national treasure, look at her now! Better yet, listen to her every recent interview and buy a copy of Run Towards The Danger which is not only the title of her new book, a collection of six essays that examines pivotal moments in Sarah's life, but is the best positive talk mantra I have ever heard. Run. Towards. The. Danger.
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