{"product_id":"notes-on-a-silencing-a-memoir-9780316491532","title":"Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lacy Crawford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"powerful and scary and important and true\" memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after trauma, and the efforts by a powerful New England boarding school to silence her--at any cost (Sally Mann, author of \u003ci\u003eHold Still\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing When \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Silencing\u003c\/i\u003e hit bookstores in the summer of 2020, even amidst a global pandemic, it sent shockwaves through the country. Not only did this intimate investigative memoir usher in a media storm of coverage, but it also prompted the elite St. Paul's School to issue a formal apology to the author, Lacy Crawford, for its handling of her report of sexual assault by two fellow students nearly thirty years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this searing book, Crawford tells the story of coming forward during the state investigation of the elite New England prep school decades after her assault, only to find for the first time evidence that corroborated her memories. Here were depictions of the naïve, hardworking girl she'd been, as well as astonishing proof of an institutional silencing. The slander, innuendo, and lack of adult concern that Crawford had experienced as a student hadn't been imagined; they were the actions of a school that prized its reputation above anything, even a child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This revelation launched Crawford on an extraordinary inquiry deep into gender, privilege, and power, and the ways shame and guilt are used to silence victims. Insightful, arresting, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Silencing\u003c\/i\u003e wrestles with an essential question for our time: what telling of a survivor's story will finally force a remedy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Erudite and devastating... Crawford's writing is astonishing... \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Silencing\u003c\/i\u003e is a purposefully named, brutal and brilliant retort to the asinine question of 'Why now?'... The story is crafted with the precision of a thriller, with revelations that sent me reeling...\" --Jessica Knoll, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSemifinalist for a Goodreads Choice Award\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45037041189015,"sku":"9780316491532","price":1336.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780316491532.webp?v=1767897574","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/notes-on-a-silencing-a-memoir-9780316491532","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}