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Know My Name : A Memoir by Chanel Miller; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The riveting, powerful memoir of the woman whose statement to Brock Turner gave voice to millions of survivors She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral?viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Thousands wrote to say that she had given them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time. Now she reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. It was the perfect case, in many ways?there were eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical evidence was immediately secured. But her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial reveal the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios. Her story illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a criminal justice system designed to fail t

Who reads Know My Name : A Memoir?

Author

Chanel Miller; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241988374

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, True Crime, Social Science

Rating

4.7 / 5 (15,663 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14