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to think I would finish it today.The survivors PSA ,the survivors news conference,the vote.What a difficult & necessary read.Virginia needed to tell her side of the story,I‘m sure she felt its power, but also felt so much darkness remembering so much trauma.That rich & powerful people count on exploiting the young &
vulnerable ,with a sneer say who will they believe ,me or you ? I see her brother standing in her place , making sure she is heard .

Sze‘s poetry tends to focus on the natural world around us and our brief reactions to it. His style is evocative but it often seems to eschew contemplation. This makes the collection a little one note on a whole.

I think this is a good time for someone like Sze to be Laureate. From the constant bombardment of the news cycle to the decimating of our planet, Sze‘s pastoral predilections may remind people to take a breath every once in a while.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre is the girl in photo with Prince Andrew (or just Andrew now??) seen round the world. I knew her story well, as it connects to filthy Epstein and his lowdown associates. I was less familiar with her life before and after and the abuse she suffered as a child. Her memoir begins there, calling out men in her life, then the horrible Epstein years and finally afterwards when she built a family and life in Australia. Timely.

I devoured this timely memoir. To learn about how Epstein‘s trafficking worked brings so much more perspective to this week‘s news. I saw a lot of similarities between him and Hugh Hefner after reading Crystal Hefner‘s memoir. I despise how these wealthy men prey on girls. What Virginia went through is horrible, I‘m sad for her and how her life played out but I‘m also so grateful for the work she did to bring light to these crimes.

Please note: Virginia Robert Guiffre's book“Nobody's Girl“ does not exonerate any of Epstein's associates, including a certain president (who she first met while working at Mar-a-Lago where she also met Ghislaine Maxwell). #SheSaid #NonfictionNovember

In Chapter 38, she actually wrote: “There are other men whom I was trafficked to who have threatened me in another way: by asserting that they will use litigation to bankrupt me. . .

#wdncw I said what I said & don‘t care….I miss him. And the other day greeting the plane full of veterans 🥹. I miss uneventful news days & days not filled with scandals. It‘s been an exhausting year

I finished this book last night which made today‘s headlines even more of a jolt. It took time to read this because even though I thought I had a handle on Virginia‘s story , I didn‘t. The abuse she suffered throughout her life was difficult enough to read about, I cannot imagine how she survived it all. I want the files released and truth exposed but there is no punishment big enough to qualify as justice for what was done to these girls.

I feel compelled to read this.

From discussion I've seen I understand even going in thinking you have awareness, it is still a shocking and harrowing memoir.

#ARichLife Day 12: #Affection

My public library has not ordered this yet, but the college library I‘m temping at just put this on their shelves. I immediately grabbed it. Now to find time to read it…