Lucky to have read Lucky

Last year my son gave me THE LOVELY BONES for my birthday. I was most impressed with how the author was able to be funny with such a dark subject; brilliant.

This year my son gave me LUCKY and I was blown away by the author's ability to move me through the horrific experiences she endured and feel somehow I too had triumphed over trauma in the end.

And lastly, I grew up in Syracuse, my father and nephew graduated from S.U. and I bought pizza and a leather purse on Marshall St. I am older than the author and somehow felt guilty that while this was happening to the author I was possibly eating an icecream cone and unaware of her pain.

Outstanding!

An Excellent Memoir and Overall Read :)

The second you open Lucky and read the first few sentences, you are automatically hooked. This was my first time reading a story with this topic and was blown away. Lucky is a very well written story that conveys the confusion and meaningless of the attack Alice encounters and the effects it has on her, her friends and family, and the community. This book was an overall easy read although the description of the rape is very disturbing. This is a book that everyone both male and female should read for a better understanding of what is unfortunately an all too common occurrence for many people. The story helps us to comprehend the battle that sexual assault victims have to wage in order to reclaim their lives and identity and re-establish trust in the human race so they can begin to live without fear and terror of every person they meet.

Excellent Memoir

This memoir is a very easy read that will keep your interest page after page. Sebold is brutally honest and gives many details of the attack, her thoughts and others' reactions. It reads more as a well-written story with a first-person narrator than an individual's recollections. As a result, you'll find yourself highly involved in the story as you walk through each event with the characters. Sebold is a talented author and an inspiring survivor. I highly encourage all to read this book, whether they are a survivor, a friend or spouse of a survivor, or simply interested in a good read! This is one of the best books that I have ever read!