Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-gay ViolenceIn May 1988, on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania, a horrific shooting attack left twenty-eight-year-old Rebecca Wight dead. Her partner, Claudia Brenner, was seriously wounded. In Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence, Claudia Brenner writes a profoundly personal, emotionally riveting, politically energizing account of the murder and its aftermath: her path to recovery and activism. |
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... knew . I don't know how , but she knew . I had no idea what had happened . I saw the red of my blood on the tarp , and I knew something had happened to my arm , or to the earth , or ... but my first thought was that the world had ...
... knew . I don't know how , but she knew . I had no idea what had happened . I saw the red of my blood on the tarp , and I knew something had happened to my arm , or to the earth , or ... but my first thought was that the world had ...
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... knew was that I was bleeding there . I gave no thought to any of my wounds except for the one in my arm . Something helped me to keep climbing past the steady , uphill grades in the road . I would remember seeing them a few minutes ...
... knew was that I was bleeding there . I gave no thought to any of my wounds except for the one in my arm . Something helped me to keep climbing past the steady , uphill grades in the road . I would remember seeing them a few minutes ...
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... knew the case would be prosecuted , it seemed clearer than ever that I needed someone with legal expertise to look out for my inter- ests from a feminist and gay ... knew what evidentiary issues might arise ? Who knew EIGHT BULLETS 115 .
... knew the case would be prosecuted , it seemed clearer than ever that I needed someone with legal expertise to look out for my inter- ests from a feminist and gay ... knew what evidentiary issues might arise ? Who knew EIGHT BULLETS 115 .
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Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-gay Violence Claudia Brenner,Hannah Ashley No preview available - 1995 |
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