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cbmauro 's review for:
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation
by Erika Krouse
I'm surprised to say I actually remember the sexual assault/sexual harassment (SASH) case that this memoir is centered around even though it took place around 20 years ago. I really appreciated Erika's story and the way she wove her own personal experience into the narrative. Sharing her trauma provided a way for the reader to experience first hand how crimes of this nature weave themselves through the fabric of a person's lifetime.
Lately SASH has been a hot topic in the industry I work in and it is disheartening to realize that in some ways not much has changed over the past two decades. One of the things that stuck out to me was when Erika was describing the attitude people tend to have towards the women in the story, as if somehow they were responsible for their own victimization. Erika summarizes what it is like to be a woman in a male dominated world, how men are really never truly held accountable in a lot of cases: "You came into my house. My house, my rules. The real problem was I couldn't tell where the women's house was. Men owned everywhere."
Another thing I found interesting was that one of the judges that finally took this case seriously was conservative Neil Gorsuch who currently sits on the Supreme Court. With the SC having become so political and polarizing in recent years it's nice to see the unexpected in a conservative judge who in this case ultimately sided for the rights of women. Maybe all decency and reason is not lost.
Finally, I realize there are a lot of less than stellar reviews for this book. I didn't come to the story expecting a pulitzer prize winning novel so I wasn't at all disappointed in the story I got. I picked this book as one of my selections for the Book of the Month Club and I think I made a good choice.
Lately SASH has been a hot topic in the industry I work in and it is disheartening to realize that in some ways not much has changed over the past two decades. One of the things that stuck out to me was when Erika was describing the attitude people tend to have towards the women in the story, as if somehow they were responsible for their own victimization. Erika summarizes what it is like to be a woman in a male dominated world, how men are really never truly held accountable in a lot of cases: "You came into my house. My house, my rules. The real problem was I couldn't tell where the women's house was. Men owned everywhere."
Another thing I found interesting was that one of the judges that finally took this case seriously was conservative Neil Gorsuch who currently sits on the Supreme Court. With the SC having become so political and polarizing in recent years it's nice to see the unexpected in a conservative judge who in this case ultimately sided for the rights of women. Maybe all decency and reason is not lost.
Finally, I realize there are a lot of less than stellar reviews for this book. I didn't come to the story expecting a pulitzer prize winning novel so I wasn't at all disappointed in the story I got. I picked this book as one of my selections for the Book of the Month Club and I think I made a good choice.