Recommended Reading

See Selected Bibliography for references used in After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back.

I found these books inspiring, informative and helpful. Each in its own way makes an important contribution to understanding what it means to be a survivor. We can all find hope in the multiple paths of recovery presented in these stories of courage and strength. Please let me know if there are others that you think should be added to this list. Go to Contacting Nancy with your suggestions.

Morris, Debbie.
Forgiving the Dead Man Walking (with Gregg Lewis). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998.

Pierce-Baker, Charlotte.
Surviving the Silence: Black Women’s Stories of Rape. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1998.

Francisco, Patricia Weaver.
Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery. New York: Cliff Street Books, 1999.

Fraser, Sylvia.
My Father’s House: A Memoir of Incest and of Healing. New York: HarperCollins, 1989.

Kalven, Jamie.
Working With Available Light: A Family’s World After Violence. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999.

Lauer, Teresa.
Hours of Torture, Years of Silence: My Soul with the Scene of a Crime. Institute for Interpersonal Relations, 1998.

Katz, Judy.
No Fairy Godmothers, No Magic Wands: The Healing Process After Rape. Saratoga, CA: R&E Publishers, 1984.

Ramsey, Martha.
Where I Stopped: Remembering Rape at Thirteen. New York: Harvest Books, 1997.

Rhett, Kathryn, ed.
Survival Stores: Memoirs of Crisis. Anchor Books, 1997.

Saldana, Theresa.
Beyond Survival. New York: Bantam Books, 1987.

Scherer, Migael.
Still Loved by the Sun: A Rape Survivor’s Journal. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Sebold, Alice.
Lucky. New York: Scribner, 1999.

Warshaw, Robin.
I Never Called it Rape. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988.

Ziegenmeyer, Nancy (with Larkin Warren).
Taking Back My Life. Summit Books, 1992.

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The literature on rape, sexual assault and trauma is extensive and this listing is by no means exhaustive. You will find additional reading suggestions in most of these sources.

Allison, Julie A., and Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
Rape: The Misunderstood Crime. SAGE Publications, 1993.

Baron, Larry and Murray A. Straus.
Four Theories of Rape in American Society: A State-Level Analysis, Yale University Press, 1989.

Bart, Pauline B. and Patricia H. O’Brien.
Stopping Rape: Successful Survival Strategies. Teachers College Press, 1993.

Benedict, Helen.
Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault for Women, Men, Teenagers, and Their Friends and Families. Doubleday & Company, 1985.

Blume, E. Sue.
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women. Ballantine Books, 1990.

Boumil, Marcia Mobilia, Joel Friedman, and Barbara Ewert Taylor.
Date Rape: The Secret Epidemic. Health Communications, 1993.

Brownmiller, Susan.
Aginst Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Caignon, Denise and Gail Groves.
Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women. Harper & Row, 1987.

Chang, Iris.
The Rape of Nanking. BasicBooks, 1997.

Dowdeswell, Jane.
Women on Rape: Firsthand Feelings, Attitudes and Experiences from the Women Involved, Backed up by the Facts. Thorsons Publishing Group, 1986.

Dworkin, Andrea.
Letters from the War Zone. Lawrence Hill Books, 1993.

Estrich, Susan.
Real Rape: How the Legal System Victimizes Women Who Say No. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987.

Eyman, Joy Satterwhite.
How to Convict a Rapist. Scarborough House, 1994.

Fairstein, Linda.
Sexual Violence: Our War Against Rape. William Morrow and Company, 1993.

Fay, Jennifer.
Free of the Shadows: Recovering from Sexual Violence. New Harbinger Publishers, 1990.

Finkelhor, David and Kersti Yllo.
License to Rape: Sexual Abuse of Wives. Free Press/Macmillan, 1985.

Fischer, Linda A.
Ultimate Power: Enemy Withing the Ranks. Unlimited Incorporated, 1999.

Funk, Rus Ervin.
Stopping Rape: A Challenge for Men. New Society Publishers, 1993.

Goleman, Daniel.
Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantom Books, 1995.

Gordon, Margaret T. and Stephanie Riger.
The Female Fear: The Social Cost of Rape. University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Groth, Nicholas, and Jean H. Birnbaum.
Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender. New York: Plenum Press, 1979.

Griggin, Susan,
Rape: The Politics of Consciousness. Harper & Row, 1979.

Herman, Judith Lewis.
Trauma and Recovery. New York: BasicBooks, 1992.

Johnson, Kathryn M.
If You are Raped: What Every Woman Needs to Know. Learning Publications, 1985.

Kelly, Liz.
Surviving Sexual Violence. Polity Press, Oxford, England, 1988.

King, Neal.
Speaking Our Truth: Voices of Courage and Healing for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. HarperPerennial, 1995.

Kivel, Paul.
Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence that Tears Our Lives Apart. Hazelden Educational Materials, 1992.

Ledray, Linda E.
Recovering from Rape.Owlet, 1994.

Lefkowitz, Bernard.
Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb. University of California Press, 1997.

Levy, Barrie, ed.
Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Seal Press, 1991.

Mather, Cynthia L. with Kristina E. Debye.
How Long Does it Hurt: A Guide to Recovering from Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their Families. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994.

McEvoy, Alan W. and Jeff B. Brookings.
If She is Raped: A Book for Husbands, Fathers and Male Friends. Learning Publications, 1990.

Mezey, Gillian C. and Michael B. King.
Male Victims of Sexual Assault. Oxford University Press, 1992

O’Brien, Tim.
The Things They Carried. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

Russell, Diana E. H.
The Politics of Rape: The Victim’s Perspective. Stein & Day, 1984.

Sanday, Peggy Reeves.
A Woman Scorned: Acquaintance Rape on Trial. Doubleday, 1996.

Scott, Kay.
Sexual Assault: Will I Ever Feel Okay Again?. Bethany House, 1993.

Searles, Patricia and Ronald J. Berger, eds.
Rape and Society: Readings on the Problem of Sexual Assault. Westview Press, 1995.

Tal, Kali.
Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literature of Trauma. Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Terr, Lenore.
Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

Thomas, T.
Men Surviving Incest: A Male Survivor Shares the Process of Recovery. Launch Press, 1989.

Wiseman, Rosalind and James Edwards.
Defending Ourselves: A Guide to Prevention, Self-Defense, and Recovery from Rape. Noonday Press, 1995.

Vachas, Alice.
Sex Crimes. Random House, 1993.

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