History of Violence Lou Aronica Author: Jeff Abbott

Author: Jeff Abbott

"—Adam Grant

and disappointment

Their accounts expose the harsh realities of child sexual abuse and the pain it causes

History of Violence Lou Aronica Author: Jeff AbbottI met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the morning. He approached me in the street, and finally I invited him up to my apartment. He told me the story of his childhood and how his father had come to France, having fled Algeria. We spent the rest of the night together, talking, laughing. At around 6 o'clock, he pulled out a gun and said he was going to kill me. He insulted me, strangled and raped me. The next day, the medical and legal