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100 times

a memoir of sexism
2019
"An . . . account of one hundred experiences of sexism, harassment, discrimination and assault . . . Here are Woods' personal stories of 100 times she suffered or was witness to a sexually charged experience--from gender-based discrimination in work places, to unsolicited groping from strangers in public, to sexual assault--beginning from the time she was five years old to the present"--Publisher.
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Know my name

a memoir
2019
Looks at the life of Chanel Miller who was raped after a party on the Stanford University campus on January 18, 2015.
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My whole truth

2018
After killing her attacker, seventeen-year-old Seelie must prove in court and in the hallways of her high school that she acted in self-defense.
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Stolen things

a novel
2019
"When the daughter of a local police chief and dispatcher makes a horrific 911 call, the whole town jumps into action. JoJo is disorientated; she has been raped and beaten at the home of pro footballer Kevin Leeds. She doesn't know what happened to Kevin's trainer, whose beaten corpse is also discovered in the house. And she has no idea where her best friend Harper, who was with her earlier in the evening, could be. When Jojo dives into Harper's social media to look for clues to her whereabouts, she uncovers a shocking secret that turns everything she knew on its head"--Provided by publisher.
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Asking for it

2018
"Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. The next morning Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstep of their home, unconscious. She is disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, looking as if she had been dumped there in a hurry ... [Relates] the devastating effects of rape and public shaming, told through the awful experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by an act of violence."--Provided by publisher.
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All the things we do in the dark

"Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. Ava would rather keep that something hidden--buried deep in her heart and her soul. But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else's secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava's discovery--and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully constructed wall of normalcy that she's spent years building around her. Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is not your own--do you ignore the truth and walk away? Or do you uncover it from its shallow grave and let it reopen old wounds--wounds that have finally begun to heal"--Provided by the publisher.
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A false report

a true story of rape in America
Tells the true story of Marie, a teenager living in Seattle, Washington, who was charged with lying after reporting having been raped, and the detectives who more than two years later uncovered a link between Marie's report and a serial rapist attacking women in Colorado.
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I have been raped, now what?

Examines rape, explaining what it is, how to deal with it, and ways to avoid it.
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Four women

A woman recounts to her therapist a harrowing experience she suffered with three other women on a road trip, in which one of them was raped.
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What they don't know

Mellie has always abided by the rules of her ultra-conservative family. But when she is raped by someone she trusts, she has no one to turn to. And when she discovers she is pregnant, she's faced with a life-altering choice. Liese is a young champion for women's rights, and when she notices Mellie acting strangely, she gets caught up in a whirlwind trying to save her.
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