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Winner of the 2015 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2014
In this powerful memoir, philosopher Karyn L. Freedman travels back to a Paris night in 1990 when she was twenty-two and, in one violent hour, her life was changed forever by a brutal rape. At once deeply intimate and terrifyingly universal, One Hour in Paris takes the reader on a harrowing yet inspirational journey through suffering and recovery―from an apartment in Paris to a French courtroom, from a trauma centre in Toronto to a rape clinic in Africa.
At a time when as many as one in three women have been victims of sexual assault and when many women are still ashamed to come forward, Freedman’s book is a moving and essential look at how survivors cope and persevere. One Hour in Paris is also an urgent call to face the fundamental social problem of sexual violence head-on, arguing that we absolutely must address the fact that sexual violence against women is rooted in gender inequalities that exist worldwide.
“Karyn Freedman’s terrifying and shattering story, One Hour in Paris, reveals the devastating truth about rape―that it is not confined to one terrible moment, but it determines and shapes a lifetime. If you want to understand why we need to do everything in our power to end rape, read this book.” ― Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues
Winner of the 2015 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2014
In this powerful memoir, philosopher Karyn L. Freedman travels back to a Paris night in 1990 when she was twenty-two and, in one violent hour, her life was changed forever by a brutal rape. At once deeply intimate and terrifyingly universal, One Hour in Paris takes the reader on a harrowing yet inspirational journey through suffering and recovery―from an apartment in Paris to a French courtroom, from a trauma centre in Toronto to a rape clinic in Africa.
At a time when as many as one in three women have been victims of sexual assault and when many women are still ashamed to come forward, Freedman’s book is a moving and essential look at how survivors cope and persevere. One Hour in Paris is also an urgent call to face the fundamental social problem of sexual violence head-on, arguing that we absolutely must address the fact that sexual violence against women is rooted in gender inequalities that exist worldwide.
Karyn L. Freedman lives in Toronto and is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. She has published journal articles on a range of philosophical topics, including several on psychological trauma and its philosophical significance. One Hour in Paris is her first book.