Jonathan Mirsky

Remembering to forget

issue 04 January 2003

  • AFTERMATH: VIOLENCE AND THE REMAKING OF A SELF

    Susan J. Brison

    Princeton, pp. 165

In this exploration of her pain, terror, and ten years of barely surviving the trauma of rape and near-murder, Susan Brison’s most piercing words are, ‘For months after my assault, I had to stop myself before saying (what seemed accurate at the time),

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