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After Silence is Nancy Venable Raine’s eloquent and profoundly moving memoir of the trauma she endured after being raped by a stranger in her home in 1985. In this intimate narrative she recounts the ten years that followed, detailing how the silence—both her own shame and society’s disbelief—shaped her recovery. Raine brings to life the long‑term psychological and physiological aftereffects of rape, explores the challenges of navigating media, legal, and medical responses, and examines contemporary cultural views of victimhood. Her story is a candid examination of the pervasive yet hidden crime of rape and its impact on family relationships, as well as a source of inspiration for anyone who has suffered or witnessed its shattering effects.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Psychology/General Psychology
Authors: Nancy Venable Raine
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