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ndr's review
4.0
My measure of a non-fiction book that means something is whether I look into topics it discusses while I'm reading it. The obvious one: does New York State still have one of the most repressive statutes of limitations on the filing of child abuse cases in the country? Thankfully, no. See Google for more.
Great Is the Truth, the title ironically quoting the motto of New York City's Horace Mann school, narrates the School's Board of Trustees' efforts to limit the investigation of the abusive acts of about two dozen of the school's faculty members in the last half of the 20th century. Author, therapist and Horace Mann alum Amos Kamil exposed the shameful exploitation of some of his classmates and fellow students in a 2012 New York Times article and in this 2015 book.
The book offers no context in the form of history of sexual abuse crimes at schools, although it does mention the responsive measures taken contemporaneously by the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. This was a 3+ star, rounded up, read for me.
Great Is the Truth, the title ironically quoting the motto of New York City's Horace Mann school, narrates the School's Board of Trustees' efforts to limit the investigation of the abusive acts of about two dozen of the school's faculty members in the last half of the 20th century. Author, therapist and Horace Mann alum Amos Kamil exposed the shameful exploitation of some of his classmates and fellow students in a 2012 New York Times article and in this 2015 book.
The book offers no context in the form of history of sexual abuse crimes at schools, although it does mention the responsive measures taken contemporaneously by the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. This was a 3+ star, rounded up, read for me.
lucylovesreading's review against another edition
3.0
Not a book you will rush to read. Often times bogged down by facts of the present when I found myself wanting a more personal touch.
Maybe a tad disappointing due to the fact of how Horace Mann dealt with the aftermath. You wanted the survivors to have some sort of acknowledgment of their pain but none was given. Truly heartbreaking.
Maybe a tad disappointing due to the fact of how Horace Mann dealt with the aftermath. You wanted the survivors to have some sort of acknowledgment of their pain but none was given. Truly heartbreaking.