Jessica Stern

Denial Jessica Stern

IN THIS SKILLFULLY WROUGHT, POWERFUL STUDY, A TERRORISM EXPERT, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER (THE ULTIMATE TERRORISTS), AND LECTURER AT HARVARD, RETURNS TO A DEFINITIVE EPISODE OF TERROR IN HER OWN EARLY LIFE AND TRACES ITS GRIM, DAMAGING RAMIFICATIONS. HAVING GROWN UP IN CONCORD, MASS., IN 1973, STERN, THEN 15, AND HER SISTER, A YEAR YOUNGER, WERE FORCIBLY RAPED AT GUNPOINT BY AN UNKNOWN INTRUDER; WHEN THE POLICE REOPENED THE CASE IN 2006, STERN WAS COMPELLED TO CONFRONT THE DEVASTATING EXPERIENCE. THE POLICE INITIALLY TIED THE CASE TO A LOCAL SERIAL RAPIST, WHO SERVED 18 YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE HANGING HIMSELF. STERN`S PAINFUL JOURNEY TAKES HER BACK TO THE TRAUMATIC AFTERSHOCKS OF THE RAPE, WHEN SHE BEGAN TO AFFECT A STERN, HARD VENEER NOT UNLIKE THE STIFF-UPPER-LIP APPROACH TO SURVIVAL HER OWN GERMAN-BORN JEWISH FATHER HAD ASSUMED AFTER HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS LIVING THROUGH NAZI PERSECUTION. COVERING UP HER DEEP-SEATED SENSE OF SHAME WITH ENTRENCHED SILENCE, STERN HAD A CLASSIC POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER-WHICH SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AFTER HER OWN WORK INTERVIEWING TERRORISTS. STERN`S WORK IS A STRONG, CLEAR-EYED, ELUCIDATING STUDY OF THE PROFOUND REVERBERATIONS OF TRAUMA. ????? ??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★★★★★★★,★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★? ?? ★★★★★★★★★★★★? ??? ★★★★★★??? ?????, ??? ???? ???? ???? ?? ???? ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★?? ????? - ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★★★★★★★? ★★★★★★! ★★★★★★ ????? ★★★★★★??? ?? ????? ?? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★; ??? ★★★★★★????? ????? ★★★★★★? ???? ??? ★★★★★★ ????? ★★★★★★???. ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ (★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★?) ?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★????? ??? ?????; ??? ??? ★★★★★★?? ?? ???? ★★★★★★?? ??? ★★★★★★. ?? ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★ ??★★★★★-???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★?? ????? ????? ?? ???? ???? ???? ★★★★★★. ???? ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★???,★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★???? ???? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★?.★★★★★★??? ???? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???? ???. ★★★★★★????? ???? ?? ★★★★★★,???? ?? ?? ????? ★★★★★★? ???? ???? ??? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★? ?? ★★★★★★... ??? ????? ????? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★????? ?? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ????? ????? ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★?? ????-?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???! ??, ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★???? ????? ????. ????-???? ?? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★? ????. ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???? ???? ???? ★★★★★★ ????; ???? ★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★?? ???? ??? ???