Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice [Hardcover]

From one of America’s most influential psychiatrists, an essential manifesto for reimagining justice for survivors of sexual trauma.

 “An extraordinary book ...Beautiful, profound, and important.” —New York Times  

The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse.     

The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors; it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them. InTruth and Repair, she commits the radical act of listening to survivors. Recounting their stories, she offers an alternative vision of justice as healing for survivors and their communities.     

Deeply researched and compassionately told,Truth and Repairenvisions a new path to justice for all.Judith L. Herman, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. New York TimesEditor's Choice Pick“An extraordinary book….Beautiful, profound, and important.” New York Times Book Review“Through masterful storytelling, Judith Herman charts the course from trauma to justice and compels us to follow it. An inspiring and practical call to action,Truth and Repaircelebrates survivors’ wisdom and their power to heal themselves and the world we live in.”  Anita Hill“If her earlier works werelC'