I Choose Elena

An essay about trauma, recovery and the full ramifications of sexual violence. Considers how trauma plays out in recurring forms in the fabric of cultures, governments, judicial systems and relationships.

About the author

Summary

Aged 15 and on track to be an Olympic gymnast, Lucia Osborne-Crowley was violently raped on a night out. The injuries she sustained that evening ended her gymnastics career, and eventually manifested in life-long chronic illnesses, which medical professionals now believe can be caused by untreated trauma.

Product details

• Authors: Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Lucia (Author) Osborne-Crowley
• Publisher: The Indigo Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781999683399
• ISBN: 978-1-9996833-9-9
• Series: Mood Indigo
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Literarische Essays, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, Sexueller Missbrauch und Belästigung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Sexual abuse & harassment, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary essays, Sexual abuse and harassment, Feminism and feminist theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs