Strange Piece of Paradise
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Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder -- And Solve the Mystery of Myself is a non-fiction book by the American writer Terri Jentz
. It was released in 2006.
To help confront these feelings, Jentz returns to the area fifteen years later to investigate the crime even though the statute of limitations on attempted murder prevents her attacker's prosecution. During her investigation, she meets other victims of violent crime and their advocates who help her follow the most promising lead: a man whom locals have always suspected as the perpetrator.
The caption for the C-SPAN video indicates that Jentz is an activist for Equality Now
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Terri Jentz
Terri Jentz is an American writer. She wrote Strange Piece of Paradise, about the attack she and a college friend from Yale University suffered in Cline Falls in 1977, while on a bicycle and camping trip; and how she, after 15 years, returned to Oregon to investigate the attack and come to terms...
. It was released in 2006.
Synopsis
Terri Jentz and her friend Shayna Weiss are Yale students cycling across America in 1977. After stopping to camp at Cline Falls State Park in Oregon, they are brutally attacked when a man runs over their tent with a pick-up truck and assaults them with an ax. Despite their injuries, both survive. Weiss suffers partial blindness and memory loss. Jentz, her body scarred, bears her injuries mostly in guilt, anger, and fear.To help confront these feelings, Jentz returns to the area fifteen years later to investigate the crime even though the statute of limitations on attempted murder prevents her attacker's prosecution. During her investigation, she meets other victims of violent crime and their advocates who help her follow the most promising lead: a man whom locals have always suspected as the perpetrator.
Television interviews
Jentz told part of her story in an interview for C-SPAN2 BookTV on 23 March 2007 and also in Language of Anger, Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, a PBS Video which premiered on 17 April 2011.The caption for the C-SPAN video indicates that Jentz is an activist for Equality Now
Equality Now
Equality Now is a non-governmental organization founded in 1992 whose stated purpose is to protect the human rights of women around the world. The group provides an international framework for spreading awareness of issues and providing support to local grassroots groups working to address issues...
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