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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Friday Quotes: I Have the Right To

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City ReaderShare the opening quote from the book.
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e Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's VoiceFind a quote from page 56.

This is the book I'm reading right now---


Title: I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope by Chessy Prout

Book Beginning (Introduction):
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."- C.S. Lewis
Friday 56:
"I knew I lived a comfortable life, but my parents never talked about money, and as a kid, I didn't really think about wealth, or class, or where my family fit in. I didn't understand what a rarefied world I was entering when I got to St. Paul's...The level of affluence and one-upmanship was astonishing."
Comments: I picked the second quote because Chessy, who was raped at boarding school, seemed to live in such a different world than the average teenager, yet, she still became a victim of sexual assault, too. She was fortunate that her parents believed her and were willing to stand by her side (and had the money and time to do so.) That is as far as I've gotten in the book, but from the book blurb, I know that she becomes an activist when she started the #IHaveTheRightTo hastag.