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In 1986, 21-year-old Jill Saward was raped during a violent attack on the vicarage where she lived with her family in Ealing. The crime shocked Britain. The trial, the sentencing and the public reaction sparked national debate. But this book is more than the story of a crime. First published in 1990, Rape: My Story is Jill's own account - unflinching, immediate and deeply personal. She writes with honesty about fear, faith, anger and survival. She confronts the trauma of the attack and the experience of the justice system, while also exploring the sustaining power of belief, family and love. In the decades that followed publication, Jill became one of Britain's most influential campaigners against sexual violence. She waived her anonymity, helped shape public debate, contributed to changes in sentencing law, and trained thousands of police officers and professionals in understanding rape from a survivor's perspective. This new edition preserves Jill's original words exactly as she wrote them, and includes a reflective afterword bringing her story up to date - tracing her life beyond the courtroom, her years of advocacy, and the legacy she left following her death in 2017. Honest, courageous and deeply human, this is a story not only of survival, but of purpose.

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