AWW22 Fury - Kathryn Heyman

Published: March 9, 2022, 2:30 a.m.

Chaired by Yves Rees

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CW: Discussion of rape, assault. When Kathryn Heyman was 20, she was raped by a taxi driver on her way home from a party. He was found not guilty on account of Kathryn\u2019s alcohol consumption and choice of underwear. \u201cSo if he is not guilty? What then? What am I? Did I have to be an innocent to be innocent?\u201d asks Kathryn. This scorching memoir blazes with an eloquent rage, but also hope and transcendence, as Kathryn rewrites the ending to become the heroine in her own grand adventure on a fishing trawler in the Timor Sea.