Alice Sebold Research Paper

Alice Sebold is an American writer and a bestselling author. She was born in Madison Wisconsin. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The memoir she wrote called Lucky is centered on when she attended Syracuse University. She was almost at the end of her freshmen year and she was raped inside of a tunnel on her way back to her dorm room. She details her recovery and her experiences after this tragic event. Months after the rape, Sebold sees her rapist on the street and calls the police. She testified against her rapist and he received the maximum sentence. She was a product of a dysfunctional family. She moved from state to state and in the process dated a lot of bad men; she began drinking heavily and using heroin. Sebold began

reading a book called Trauma and Recovery. This book was the beginning of the change that occurred in her life. This book made her realize that she had never come to terms with her rape. She started attending therapy to begin her healing process.
Students should read this book because this memoir teaches people that no matter what comes their way, you should fight through it and never give up. Sebold had various obstacles put in front of her and in time she was able to overcome them. Second, this book can help someone who has been through the same situation or worse deal or even make better choices during their recovery process. Although, there is a huge amount of crude and sexual language, this book is very inspiring and allows you to see the tragedies that others go through every day. I would recommend this memoir to any one as long as the person is a mature age.