![]() Paul’s rape case was about reclaiming the narrative she was tired of being a faceless, nameless victim and of having others think they could intimidate her.įollowing Owen Labrie’s two-week trial in August 2015, hate sites popped up on the internet with pictures of Prout and her friends in middle school, pictures of her youngest sister at age 4, pictures of her family’s home, in addition to rape and death threats. “I am the director of the Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield, so I purchased a signed copy for the library,” she said, as she dove back into the last few paragraphs of Kuster’s written message.įor Prout, the decision to come forward as the survivor in the high-profile St. Paul’s School, but after reading the memoir’s few-page introduction, written by Rep. ![]() ![]() Pietlicki said she wasn’t familiar with Prout’s story of sexual assault at St. When she learned Prout would be speaking, Walker said she immediately knew she wanted to stay.īeverly Pietlicki, a Concord resident, also just happened to be in the bookstore with her daughter when they saw people filing in with Prout’s memoir, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope, cradled in their hands. Walker was in the city Sunday with her mother and grandma – who was car shopping – and decided to stop into Gibson’s to look around. “It’s nice to see a young woman stand up for herself.” “I want to hear more about what actions she has been taking, and what she’s doing now to help survivors,” Emily, of Bedford, said before the start of the book talk. She read quitely as more than 100 people – including mothers, daughters, librarians, advocates and teachers – settled into chairs facing a podium where Prout would soon be introduced. Twelve-year-old Emily Walker nestled into a plush chair by the big windows in Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord on Sunday to start reading sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout’s memoir. The Walkers were in the store looking around and decided to buy the book and wait to hear Prout speak. ![]() GEOFF FORESTER-Monitor staffĮmily Walker, 12, and her mother Theresa of Bedford look over Chessy Prout’s book before her talk at Gibson’s Bookstore on Sunday, March 18, 2018. GEOFF FORESTER-Monitor staffĪlex Prout waits for his daughter Chessy to be introduced to the crowd at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Annie Kuster at Gibson’s Bookstore on Sunday, March 18, 2018. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staffĬhessy Prout gets a standing ovation as she finishes her talk with Rep. Annie Kuster at her side on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Paul’s School, was in Concord as part of her book tour for “I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope.” GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staffĬhessy Prout speaks to the crowd at Gibson’s Bookstore with Rep. Prout, a survivor of sexual assault at St. Annie Kuster before she is introduced to the crowd at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Prepare to be inspired by this remarkable young woman and her story of survival, advocacy, and hope in the face of unspeakable trauma.Chessy Prout applauds Rep. Chessy’s story offers real, powerful solutions to upend rape culture as we know it today. It takes a magnifying glass to the institutions that turn a blind eye to such behavior and a society that blames victims rather than perpetrators. ![]() This memoir is more than an account of a horrific event. Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice. Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. Paul’s School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St. This is the true story of one of those girls. The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir. ![]()
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