Full name: The Other Side: A Memoir

Author: Lacy Johnson Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, True crime, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781935639831 1935639838

Lacy Johnson was held prisoner in a soundproofed room in a basement apartment that her ex-boyfriend rented and outfitted for the sole purpose of raping and killing her. She escaped, but not unscathed. The Other Side is the haunting account of a first passionate and then abusive relationship, the events leading to Johnson's kidnapping and imprisonment, her dramatic escape, and her hard-fought struggle to recover. At once thrilling, terrifying, harrowing, and hopeful, The Other Side offers more than just a true crime record. In language both stark and poetic, Johnson weaves together a richly personal narrative with police reports, psychological evaluations, and neurobiological investigations, provoking both troubling and timely questions about gender roles and the epidemic of violence against women. Similar books: Spilled Milk by K. L. Randis A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff Call Me Tuesday by Leigh Byrne Groomed by Laurie Matthew Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino Once a King, Always a King by Reymundo Sanchez Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith A Silence of Mockingbirds by Karen Spears Zacharias Loving Natalee by Beth Holloway 4000 Days by Warren Fellows Bandit by Molly Brodak The Slave Across the Street by Theresa Flores Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus Murder by Family by Kent Whitaker Child of Satan, Child of God by Susan Atkins Whipping Boy by Allen Kurzweil Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel Give Me Everything You Have by James Lasdun