[aisle] Sebold's Lucky?

Tue Dec 7 10:49:41 CST 2021

I withdrew it from our collection because it is now inaccurate. The man
convicted of her rape was innocent and I don't think it's fair to him to
have this book in circulation.

Sherry Jo Baehr
Head Librarian @ Niles West High School
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On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 10:09 AM Beverly Zbinden via AISLE <
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> This article form *The Root* is a good overview and mentions that the
> work may be revised:
>
> https://www.theroot.com/author-alice-sebold-issued-a-long-owed-apology-to-the-m-1848144155
> Beverly Zbinden
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> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 10:03 AM Brian Andrusyk via AISLE <
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>> I’m pulling it from my shelf because it is outdated.   The publisher has
>> discontinued it.  I read in one article (of course, now I can’t find it to
>> link it) that she is considering rewriting the book.  I would definitely
>> add that edition to my collection.
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>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> * On Behalf Of *Kari
>> S via AISLE
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>> *Cc:* Kari S <klf.stevenson at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Sebold's Lucky?
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>> It does depict the trial and her testimony against the man.
>>
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>> Honestly, I'm just not sure how to approach it. Does his exoneration and
>> her error make this untrue? Obviously what happened to her is still
>> horrific and valid. So does it make the book less impactful or simply more
>> controversial? I'm also curious if they will republish it with a note about
>> his innocence, in which case I could just replace it with that one.
>>
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>> My copy has an average checkout of every other year so it's not flying
>> off the shelves but it's certainly read.
>>
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>> I'm just wondering what others are thinking about this.
>>
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>> Thanks!
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>> On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 at 08:47, Drumm, Erica via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> I'm aware of the exoneration but haven't read the memoir - does the book
>> depict the trial?  Or what else does it depict that is problematic?
>>
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>> Thank you!
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>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 9:18 AM Jennifer Siemann via AISLE <
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>> I usually begin biography/memoir book talks for all freshmen reading
>> classes in January.  I will likely share this story with them and let them
>> know that I made the decision to pull her memoirs from circulation as a
>> result.
>>
>> I'm sure they will want to engage in further discussion, but I will
>> encourage them to consider joining Book Club as it is a perfect platform to
>> engage in this type of discussion.
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>> Hello! In light of last week's bombshell news about Alice Sebold and her
>> memoir, what are other libraries planning to do? Are you keeping it on your
>> memoir shelves? Sorry if I missed a thread on this already.
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>> Thank you!
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