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A review by bella_and_the_bookstack
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford
4.0
4 out of 5 stars
This book was painful to read. I could feel the pain that Lacy Crawford felt when writing this. I want to say firstly how brave Crawford was to share such a painful experience. It hurt to see how she was treated as a young girl. It hurt even more to see how readily everyone was to sweep her horrors under the rug.
Lacy Crawford wrote a heart-wrenching memoir detailing her schooling and eventual rape at St. Paul's School. Despite the difficulties it must have taken to write such a book, Crawford shared the details of her brutal attack and the events following. It is so shameful and abhorrent that such a thing could have happened to anyone, let alone a child. The cover up implemented by the school was shocking. Not only did they try to silence Lacy, but they also slandered her name and reputation. The complete lack of concern of her (and other students) enrolled at St. Paul's was truly sickening.
Notes On A Silencing was such an important book. I struggled at times with the writing, as the first half of the book is written in a non-linear format. There were times when I became confused on which events had already occured and what was set later on. The writing would break off randomly from one timeline to discuss things on another. However, the writing flowed easily enough throughout the rest of the book.
Thank you, thank you to Lacy Crawford for sharing your story with the world. You are such a strong, brave woman.
This book was painful to read. I could feel the pain that Lacy Crawford felt when writing this. I want to say firstly how brave Crawford was to share such a painful experience. It hurt to see how she was treated as a young girl. It hurt even more to see how readily everyone was to sweep her horrors under the rug.
Lacy Crawford wrote a heart-wrenching memoir detailing her schooling and eventual rape at St. Paul's School. Despite the difficulties it must have taken to write such a book, Crawford shared the details of her brutal attack and the events following. It is so shameful and abhorrent that such a thing could have happened to anyone, let alone a child. The cover up implemented by the school was shocking. Not only did they try to silence Lacy, but they also slandered her name and reputation. The complete lack of concern of her (and other students) enrolled at St. Paul's was truly sickening.
Notes On A Silencing was such an important book. I struggled at times with the writing, as the first half of the book is written in a non-linear format. There were times when I became confused on which events had already occured and what was set later on. The writing would break off randomly from one timeline to discuss things on another. However, the writing flowed easily enough throughout the rest of the book.
Thank you, thank you to Lacy Crawford for sharing your story with the world. You are such a strong, brave woman.