Where I Stopped

Remembering Rape at Thirteen

Author: Martha Ramsey
ISBN: 9780399141072

On a hot August afternoon in 1968, Martha Ramsey, thirteen years old, was raped near a deserted country road in New Jersey, a half-mile from her home. The attack tore away her childhood and irrevocably changed her world - a change she would spend many years pretending never happened. Where I Stopped is a compassionate rendering of Martha the young girl, as she lives through rape and its repercussions in her life, and Martha the adult, as she turns to face the meaning of her memories.As a girl, Martha had to cope with her family's shock and with the inept responses of teachers and schoolmates. She survived the insensitivity of the police when they had her reenact the moment of the attack, in an attempt to identify a suspect. She testified in an open courtroom. And she tried, without guidance from anyone, to make sense of what the rapist did.As the years passed, Ramsey told herself that the rape had caused her no lasting harm. She grew up to pursue a rewarding life as a published poet an

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publish Date: 1995

Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality, Social Science / General, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sexual Assault/Harassment)