Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Tin House Books, 2014
Pages: 232
Rating: Recommend
Synopsis: Lacy Johnson bangs on the glass doors of a sleepy local police station in the middle of the night. Her feet are bare; her body is bruised and bloody; U-bolts dangle from her wrists. She has escaped, but not unscathed. The Other Sideis the haunting account of a first passionate and then abusive relationship; the events leading to Johnson’s kidnapping, rape, and imprisonment; her dramatic escape; and her hard-fought struggle to recover. At once thrilling, terrifying, harrowing, and hopeful, The Other Side offers more than just a true crime record. In language both stark and poetic, Johnson weaves together a richly personal narrative with police and FBI reports, psychological records, and neurological experiments, delivering a raw and unforgettable story of trauma and transformation.Review: While I never did warm up to the author's writing style, the story alone kept me interested.
Writing such novels means the author has to re-live all s/he has endured and for that I give a ton of credit.
If there's one word to describe this, it's disturbing.
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