Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Synopsis

She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford’s campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral—viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case.

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Review

Nonfiction is a genre I rarely read. When an Instagram post showed up in my timeline recently about her I immediately decided to buy the book and started reading it.

I did not hear about her story prior (not sure why with it being so popular). Reading her story made me cry, sad, frustrated, and angry at the same time. To read about her life and how what happened impacted her life so significantly and especially the experience in court (which felt more about ignoring what happened to her by considering at not *much*).

The impact of the rape had on her is a raw telling of the experience many victims go though. Just because the wounds are no longer visible on the outside, does not mean the internal scars aren’t there anymore.

It is a powerful story highlighting everything being wrong with the system.

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