RaveThe Washington Independent Review of BooksThe temptation is strong to proclaim Braverman’s memoir a landmark of contemporary feminist literature. But it deserves more credit ... The book’s inherent power is unpolluted by cliché. Braverman does not inform the reader that a rape took place; the reader is witness. Braverman does not explain the Arctic survivalist patriarchy; the reader sees it. Braverman does not explicitly state that sexual harassment and assault abound; the reader watches the disconnect develop between the woman and her body. Braverman removes her story from the tangled web of gender-political jargon and allows it to stand on its own.
