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Alice Sebold Memoir: The changing narrative of racism, activism and sexual violence

Alice Sebold Memoir: The changing narrative of racism, activism and sexual violence

Trigger Warning: Discusses rape and sexual violence  Alice Sebold was a college student when she was raped. She was an 18-year-old at Syracuse University when that one night changed her life forever. However, it also ruined that of Anthony Broadwater. After being convicted of Sebold’s rape in 1982, he was later found innocent and exonerated […]
Motherwell: identity, industry and independence

Motherwell: identity, industry and independence

Motherwell was published in 2020 following the death of the Guardian journalist Deborah Orr in 2019. The memoir is a reflection on Orr’s upbringing in Scotland and relationship with her mother.
‘Stop pleasing, start living’: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

‘Stop pleasing, start living’: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Connie Eyles reviews Untamed by Glennon Doyle and argues the case for popping this self development memoir at the top of your 2021 reading list
‘Queer villainy’ and domestic abuse: In The Dream House

‘Queer villainy’ and domestic abuse: In The Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir and collection of essays titled In The Dream House charts her own experiences of domestic abuse within a queer relationship.