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Dear Sister : Letters and Essays for Survivors of Sexual Violence by Lisa Factora-Borchers; forward by Aishah Shahidah Simmons is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dear Sister : Letters and Essays for Survivors of Sexual Violence about?

Dear Sister, It wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault. At 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. In Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to help them and their neighbors. Dear Sister shares the lessons, memories, and vision of over fifty artists, activists, mothers, writers, and students who share their stories of survival or what it means to be an advocate and ally to survivors. 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. Dear Sister 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 voice

Who reads Dear Sister : Letters and Essays for Survivors of Sexual Violence?

Author

Lisa Factora-Borchers; forward by Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Publisher

Edinburgh: AK Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849351720

Category

self-help

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, Self Help

Rating

4.38 / 5 (109 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14