The Six Percent: A Memoir on the Aftermath of Violence

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In her memoir, The Six Percent, Canadian author Clara Burstromrecounts her story of personal growth while surviving domestic and>After a near-death experience at her attacker's hands, 20-year-old Clarareturns to her committed relationship, believing the abuse was a onetime, alcohol-driven mistake. Quickly it becomes clear Clara's hopeswere manipulated, and she suffers weeks of repeated sexual violence, fearing for her life and the one growing inside her. Clara must make aterrifying decision between raising a child as a single mother or stayingin a physically dangerous relationship-and she chooses to fight for>This story illuminates what the 6% of victims who report to the police inCanada are subjected to highlighting the reason why it's such a smallnumber who have enough faith in the justice system to come forward.Clara writes her experience of testifying within the Canadian JusticeSystem as a call for change. When only 12% of reported sexual assaultsresult in conviction, and only 7% result in incarceration, the only>This is a love letter to survivors everywhere.