{"product_id":"9781849351737","title":"Dear Sister: Letters From Survivors of Sexual Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Sister,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt night when you lay there and your mind fills with images and you wonder if only, if you had . . . if you hadn't . . . . Remember: it wasn't your fault.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Sister\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the lessons, memories, and vision of over forty artists, activists, mothers, writers, and students who share a common bond: they are survivors of sexual violence. Written in an epistolary format, this multi-generational, multi-ethnic collection of letters and essays is a moving journey into the hearts and minds of the survivors of rape, incest, and other forms of sexual violence, written directly to and for other survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Sister\u003c\/i\u003e goes far beyond traditional books about healing, which often use \"experts\" to explain the experience of survivors for the rest of the world. Where other books about rape weave the voices of feminists and activists together and imagine what a world without violence might look like, \u003ci\u003eDear Sister\u003c\/i\u003e describes the reality of what the world looks like through the eyes of a survivor. From a professor in the Midwest to a poet in Belgium, an escapee from a child prostitution ring, a survivor advocate in the Congo, and a sex worker in San Francisco, \u003ci\u003eDear Sister\u003c\/i\u003e touches on issues of feminism, love, disability, gender, justice, identity, and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Factora-Borchers\u003c\/b\u003e is a Filipina writer and editor whose work has been published in \u003ci\u003emake\/shift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeft Turn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Moment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Aaminah Shakur, Adrienne Maree Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Allison McCarthy, Amita Y. Swadhin, Amy Ernst, Ana Heaton, Andrea Harris, Angel Propps, anna Saini, Anne Averyt, annu Saini, Ashley Burczak, brownfemipower, Brooke Benoit, Denise Santomauro, Desire Vincent, Dorla Harris, \"Harriet J.\", Indira Allegra, Isabella Gitana-Woolf, Joan Chen, Judith Stevenson, Juliet November, Kathleen Ahern, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Marianne Kirby, Maroula Blades, Mary Zelinka, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Melissa Dey Hasbrook, Melissa G., Mia Mingus, Michelle Ovalle, Premala Matthen, Rebecca Echeverria, Renee Martin, River Willow Fagan, Sara Durnan, Sarah M. Cash, Shala Bennett, Shanna Katz, Sofia Rose Smith, Sumayyah Talibah, Sydette Harry, Birdy, Viannah E. Duncan, and Zöe Flowers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136133972208,"sku":"9781849351737","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849351737_p0.jpg?v=1763755708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849351737","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}