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When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.
Alice Sebold
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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
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Madison
Wisconsin
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