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A review by sdoncolo
Things We Didn't Talk about When I Was a Girl by Jeannie Vanasco
5.0
"What stories do the men tell themselves? Is rape an aside for most of them?"
Jeannie Vanasco doesn't answer this question, but in THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL, she raises it and other questions that I (and many others) have surely been asking ourselves for years. This book comes at a perfect time after the first dust from #MeToo has settled and women are reflecting on their experiences with the men in their lives, including so-called friends like the one Vanasco interviews and writes about in this book.
In addition to transcribing her interrogation of her one-time friend (and rapist), "Mark," Vanasco considers several of her own perspectives (historical, current; as a victim multiple times; as a teacher and mentor), and gathers impressions and feedback from her current partner, several female friends, and her therapist. The result is a thought-provoking snapshot into one woman's experience. In a couple of spots, I wished she had gone deeper - digging into other perpetrators in her past or talking with more women who knew her and Mark at the time - but that would make it a different book.
I received a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Jeannie Vanasco doesn't answer this question, but in THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL, she raises it and other questions that I (and many others) have surely been asking ourselves for years. This book comes at a perfect time after the first dust from #MeToo has settled and women are reflecting on their experiences with the men in their lives, including so-called friends like the one Vanasco interviews and writes about in this book.
In addition to transcribing her interrogation of her one-time friend (and rapist), "Mark," Vanasco considers several of her own perspectives (historical, current; as a victim multiple times; as a teacher and mentor), and gathers impressions and feedback from her current partner, several female friends, and her therapist. The result is a thought-provoking snapshot into one woman's experience. In a couple of spots, I wished she had gone deeper - digging into other perpetrators in her past or talking with more women who knew her and Mark at the time - but that would make it a different book.
I received a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.