{"product_id":"9781608193110","title":"Crash Into Me: A Survivor's Search for Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 2005, Liz Seccuro's world turned upside down when she \u003cbr\u003ereceived an apology letter from the man who had raped her twenty-two \u003cbr\u003eyears earlier. The rape, which occurred when she was a \u003cbr\u003eseventeen-year-old freshman at the University of Virginia, was reported \u003cbr\u003eto the campus police, but their inquiry led nowhere. The man accused of \u003cbr\u003eraping her left the university soon after, and Seccuro tried to put the \u003cbr\u003eincident behind her, starting a business and a family, but like all \u003cbr\u003esurvivors of trauma, the memory was never far from the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe letter brought it all back. Seccuro bravely began an e-mail \u003cbr\u003ecorrespondence with her rapist to try to understand what happened, and \u003cbr\u003ewhy. As the correspondence continued, Seccuro found the courage to do \u003cbr\u003ewhat should have been done all those years earlier-prosecute him. She \u003cbr\u003ebegan appearing on national television and radio to talk about the case.\u003cbr\u003e Several crime dramas and a John Grisham novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Associate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ewere based on her experience. She had found a way to end a terrible \u003cbr\u003estory, but once judicial proceedings began, she found that what she \u003cbr\u003ethought occurred at that UV A frat party was only the tip of the \u003cbr\u003eiceberg. The investigation revealed at least two other assailants, \u003cbr\u003enumerous onlookers, and a wall of silence among the fraternity members \u003cbr\u003ethat persisted two decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz Seccuro's inspiring, unflinching memoir is about experiencing terrible trauma-and the power of justice to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138995273968,"sku":"9781608193110","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608193110_p0.jpg?v=1763835802","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608193110","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}