RE: JCO: Trauma

"The Girl with the Blackened Eye" is the first that comes to mind. Interesting how the girl reflecting on the experience almost comes out feeling grateful or special in some way because she has been spared death by her abductor where other girls were murdered.
 
eric

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> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:03:50 +0100
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> "Martyrdom" (in the collection Haunted) certainly deals with this theme..
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> Gary
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> The collection The Goddess and Other Women has several. Many of the stories
> deal with the traumatized bodies of children.
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> Hi Christa,
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> A traumatized body can be a raped, abused body, a body that has suffered a
> traumatic event. 'Rape: a love story' or 'First Love' come to mind.
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> Silvia
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> NotEnoughKittens@aol.com wrote:
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> I am unclear what you mean by "traumatized bodies."
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> Christa
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