sexual behavior

Alexis Singer shares the story of how she became caught up in a dangerous, emotionally dependent relationship with an online predator after a difficult junior year left her feeling lonely and vulnerable.

The author, a reporter for the "Washington Post," and "Newsweek," discusses his investigation of the scandals involving President Clinton, and tells how he unwittingly became a primary character in the impeachment drama.

Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, "the Guide," on a visit he was making to her school the following week. This one meeting--a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi--changed Soraya's life forever. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi. Heartwrenchingly tragic but ultimately redemptive, Soraya's story is the first one of many that are just now beginning to be heard. But sex and rape remain the highest taboo in Libya, and women like Soraya (whose identity is protected by a pseudonym here) risk being disowned or even killed by their dishonored family members. In "Gaddafi's Harem," an instant bestseller on publication in France, where it has already sold more than 100,000 copies in hardcover, "Le Monde" special correspondent Annick Cojean gives a voice to Soraya's story, and supplements her investigation into Gaddafi's abuses of power through interviews with people who knew Soraya, as well as with other women who were abused by Gaddafi.

An examination of the Clinton sex scandals, discussing the primary roles of Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, and Kenneth Starr in events that led to attempts to remove Clinton from office; and exploring the motivations of other key players in the national disgrace.

After a bad year as a high school junior, Alexis was lonely, stressed out, and vulnerable. She became an easy target for an older man with bad intentions. By posing as a friend and confidant this man gave Alexis the attentioin she desperately craved. Within weeks Alexis was in an emotionally dependent relationship and on the way to loosing who she was, her future dreams, her psychological well-being, and her relationship with her family.