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Prized possessions

A pretty and talented college freshman becomes a date-rape victim. At first silent, she finally tells her family who then joins their daughter in a common struggle against the shattering injustice that threatens to tear them apart.

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  • "College freshman Elizabeth Mason grew up with every advantage, but her life is thrown into chaos after a violent encounter Elizabeth Mason’s parents always strived for the best for their daughter, sparing no expense on her education and upbringing. Now, on the verge of her freshman year at prestigious Layton College, Elizabeth has grown into a brilliant and compassionate young woman, if a little spoiled and naïve. But when a senior tennis star named Jimmy date rapes her during freshman orientation, Elizabeth’s once-tranquil life is shattered. Humiliated and guilt-ridden, she slips numbly through her first months of college before reporting the assault—a decision that launches her on a crusade to bring Jimmy to justice, one way or another. In this powerful and affecting novel, Corman explores the devastating repercussions—both private and public—of campus date rape and the double standards surrounding sexuality for young men and women. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Avery Corman, including rare images from the author’s personal collection."
  • "Het leven van een gelukkig Newyorks gezin verandert in een nachtmerrie als de oudste dochter tijdens haar eerste week aan de universiteit verkracht wordt, waarna een lange strijd om gerechtigheid volgt."
  • "This story of a young woman's rape and its effect on her family takes place in the world of Manhattan's upper middle class, tracing Elizabeth Mason's recovery, her parent's pain and guilt, and the family's gradual transformation."
  • "A pretty and talented college freshman becomes a date-rape victim. At first silent, she finally tells her family who then joins their daughter in a common struggle against the shattering injustice that threatens to tear them apart."@en

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  • "Romány"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"

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  • "Prized possessions a novel"
  • "Hij leek zo leuk : het verhaal van een verkrachting"
  • "Prized possessions"
  • "Prized possessions"@en
  • "Lo que mas nos importaba"
  • "Lo que más nos importaba"
  • "Lo que más nos importaba"@es
  • "Szemünk fénye"
  • "Szemünk fénye. (Prized possessions. Regény. Ford. Barkóczi András, Sarlós Zsuzsa)"@hu
  • "Nekhasim nikhsafim"
  • "Nejcennější, co mám"
  • "Prized possesions"

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