{"product_id":"truth-and-repair-how-trauma-survivors-envision-justice-9781529395013","title":"Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspective on victims, revealing uncomfortable truths about our justice systems and proposing new ways to implement justice. A follow-up to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eTrauma and Recovery the book is divided into three parts, Part One :\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePower\u003c\/i\u003e, examines the structure and nature of tyranny, patriarchy and white supremacy; \u003ci\u003ePart Two: Visions of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals how our current system is woefully ill-equipped for victims and corrects our misguided assumptions about what survivors need in the aftermath of violence, and finally in \u003ci\u003ePart Three: Centring Survivor Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Herman proposes alternative methods of justice, offering hopeful new ways to think about its meanings and possibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and timely commentary that lies at the intersection of several cultural moments including the #MeToo movement, a resurgent interest in trauma, and the global movements focusing on racial injustices and abuses of power towards people of colour. Thoughtful, visceral and moving, \u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair \u003c\/i\u003eis a necessary call to action that invites us to envision a new approach to justice-one that centres on healing and solidarity to stand with survivors everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree decades after the publication of her foundational \u003ci\u003eTrauma and Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e, Herman brilliantly confronts us with another vital, but much ignored, aspect of recovery: social justice . . . \u003cb\u003eA magnificent and inspiring contribution with profound implications\u003c\/b\u003e for the healing professions and for society at large -- Bessel van der Kolk MD, author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE\u003cbr\u003eThrough \u003cb\u003emasterful storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e, Herman charts the course from trauma to justice and compels us to follow it. An inspiring and practical call to action, \u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ecelebrates survivors' wisdom and their power to heal\u003c\/b\u003e themselves and the world we live in -- Anita Hill, lawyer, educator and author\u003cbr\u003eHerman has written some of the most \u003cb\u003eseminal, life-changing\u003c\/b\u003e books on violence against women. [\u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair\u003c\/i\u003e] does something even more radical. She listens to the survivors themselves and skilfully shapes their voices and wisdom into \u003cb\u003ea practical and truly enlightened road map for our future\u003c\/b\u003e. Every word rang true and essential -- V (formerly Eve Ensler), playwright of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES\u003cbr\u003eFor thirty years, every single book written about the impact of trauma has stood on the shoulders of Herman's groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eTrauma and Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, thirty years later, we receive a bookend to that masterpiece, examining how survivors of gender-based violence seek justice and healing. \u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea deeply researched and thought-provoking book offering hope and healing\u003c\/b\u003e for victims of violence -- Michelle Bowdler, author of IS RAPE A CRIME?\u003cbr\u003eHerman's earlier studies of abuse of women and children recast our understanding of trauma. Now, in \u003ci\u003eTruth and Repair\u003c\/i\u003e, she comes full circle in describing how initially powerless victims can, through innovative social arrangements, achieve hard-won survivor justice. In the process, we learn much about what justice really means for traumatized people. Herman's perspective is \u003cb\u003edeeply humane \u003c\/b\u003eand grounded in historical and political reality. \u003cb\u003eHer work stands alone in its arc and originality\u003c\/b\u003e -- Robert Jay Lifton, MD, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eThis book is \u003cb\u003ea revelation\u003c\/b\u003e. With careful precision and dogged research, Herman offers us not only a diagnosis of our most pressing social ailments, but a prescription for healing. \u003cb\u003eRarely does a book offer this level of insight, hope and remedy\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rachel Louise Snyder, author of NO VISIBLE BRUISES\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e outline of the necessary conditions of personal and collective recovery from trauma -- Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eincisive\u003c\/b\u003e report on the links between patriarchy and gendered violence . . . The result is \u003cb\u003ea scrupulous and ardent call for change\u003c\/b\u003e -- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003evital\u003c\/b\u003e text to understanding the processes that underlay trauma, how it unfolds, what it does to victims, and several larger discussions about recovery -- Booklist\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eintriguing \u003c\/b\u003eexploration of alternative methods of justice for trauma survivors -- Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary book . . . beautiful, profound, and important\u003c\/p\u003e -- New York Times Book Review","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52091001209175,"sku":"9781529395013","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529395013.jpg?v=1762273967","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/truth-and-repair-how-trauma-survivors-envision-justice-9781529395013","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}