I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility - Hardcover

Meili, Trisha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786256974 ISBN 13: 9780786256976

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Meili, Trisha

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Review:

In April of 1989, a young woman was brutally assaulted and raped while jogging in New York’s Central Park. The attack captured headlines around the world as the anonymous "Central Park Jogger" fought to recover from massive injuries that left her near death. Fourteen years later, in this first person account, Trisha Meili broke her silence to discuss the incident in her own words and reveal who she was before the attack and who she became as a result of it. Meili tells the story of a competitive and driven young executive at a finance firm whose life was destroyed, and how she ultimately rebuilt it. Passages where Meili is reunited years later with the doctors and nurses who saved her life are especially compelling, as are her accounts of testifying in court and her first run after the incident. While her candor is remarkable and certainly moving, it’s worth noting what this book does not include. Meili can provide no detail of the actual attacks (she has no memory of them), she has little to say about the racial controversy her case ignited, and she only briefly mentions the fact that, during the writing of this book, the convictions of her attackers were vacated after another man confessed to the crime. But these are not necessarily omissions; they are simply not central to Trisha Meili’s highly readable story of tragedy and, ultimately, triumph. I Am The Central Park Jogger is not just a book for New Yorkers curious to finally hear from "The Jogger"; it’s an inspirational tale of overcoming enormous obstacles and getting back on the road again. --John Moe

About the Author:

The Central Park Jogger is a former employee of Salomon Brothers. She is dedicating the next phase of her life to working with brain injury patients and their families and, through her own foundation, educating corporations on reintegrating employees who have suffered trauma. She holds an MBA and an MA from Yale University and is still a runner. In fact she completed the New York City marathon after her recovery from the attack.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786256974
• ISBN 13: 9780786256976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 357