Know My Name by Chanel MillerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you only read one book this year, let it be KNOW MY NAME. Chanel Miller is a sexual assault survivor. She is also an artist and writer, and her storytelling skills awed me as I read her memoir. Her voice is sharp, poignant, even funny and sarcastic at times. And she has a story to tell.
In KNOW MY NAME, we follow Chanel from the night of her assault on the Stanford campus, through her trial and ongoing recovery. We sit next to her as she has a panic attack in her car on the phone with a sexual assault hotline operator. We accompany her to RISD, where she takes a printmaking class as an escape from her Palo Alto hometown, now tainted with memories of her assault. We listen to the stand-up comedy she performs while living in Philly with her boyfriend.
And we sit beside her in the courtroom. We learn about the legal process and its unfairness along with her. We are outraged with her. And at every second, we feel honored she has allowed us to remain at her side.
Chanel also shares her perspective on events that have occurred since her trial ended, like the 2016 election and the #MeToo movement.
This should be required reading in high school, college, everywhere. If you have a pulse, please read this book (or listen, Chanel narrates her audiobook). Chanel Miller offers the point of view of survivors who are too often silenced. She will make you look. She will make you listen. And once you learn her name, you won’t forget it.
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