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[READ] What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth aboutLarry Nassar and USA Gymnastics (Hardcover) EBook[READ] What Is a GirlWorth?: My Story ofBreaking the Silenceand Exposing theTruth about LarryNassar and USAGymnastics(Hardcover) EBookDescriptionRachael Denhollander was the first survivor to expose Larry Nassarâ€s sexual abuse and thelast to give a victim impact statement regarding his serial molestation. Her What Is a Girl Worth? isa mature, resolute Christian memoir that lends vital perspective to abuse and institutional coverups.Denhollanderdetails her childhood and upbringing; her visits to a Michigan State Universityclinic as a teen; Nassarâ€s assaults at the clinic; and her road toward speaking out in 2016,months before the #MeToo movement gathered momentum.The long term consequences ofNassarâ€s betrayal are drawn in a clear-eyed way. Denhollanderâ€s pain balances with atender portrait of her husband and family. Her intelligent reflections reveal a woman of faith whochose to sacrifice her privacy and to seek justice with love and determination that no child face thesame pain. Separating her own future happiness and healing from the outcome of the trial, shepresents peace as possible. Hers is a compelling viewpoint that isnâ€t imposed as a solution forall survivors.Also an attorney, Denhollander elucidates the steps she took to bring her case toMSU police. From the first suspicion that Nassarâ€s treatments were anything but medical to hissentencing, the cruel realities of her survival thread with advocacy and everyday motherhood.Nassar is drawn as the thorough, renowned doctor, making his abuse even more chilling.Treatinga sensitive topic with unflinching truth, respect, and fair-mindedness, What Is a Girl Worth? fusesbiblical notions with legal insights, personal journal entries, and heartbreaking data to make a lucidargument regarding the power of a single voice to inspire a chorus. (Foreword Reviews)Starredreview. In this powerful debut, attorney and former gymnast Denhollander tells of her life leadingto the 2018 conviction of sexual predator Larry Nassar, a sports physician associated withMichigan State University and the USA Gymnastics team who molested the author and more than200 other girls. Raised in Kalamazoo, Mich., Denhollander was homeschooled, deeply religious,and aspired to become a lawyer. â€œGanglyâ€• and 5'6,' she didnâ€t fit the profile of a gymnastbut was placed on her gymâ€s competitive team; after sustaining a lower-back injury at age 15,she was sent to Nassar, who wouldâ€•under the guise of treatment, without gloves, and withoutconsentâ€•vaginally penetrate her with his fingers. She reported the abuse to her coaches, but,she writes, they didnâ€t believe her; nearly 16 years later when another gymnastâ€s story ofabuse by a coach broke, Denhollander decided to speak out again, eventually leading toNassarâ€s indictment and conviction. Denhollander reveals her anguish and emotional pain, her
feelings of helplessness (â€œHow do I even try to heal from something, when I donâ€t evenknow what that â€˜somethingâ€ is?â€•). Denhollanderâ€s brave and detailed memoir servesas a clear-eyed look into a disturbing case of sexual abuse that gained national attention.
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