Lacy Crawford's first-person memoir Notes on a Silencing depicts Crawford's adolescent sexual assault and the silence she suffered in the aftermath. In the months and years following the assault, Crawford realized her attackers were not the only ones who had stolen something from her. Throughout the memoir, she exposes how the nearly faceless powers behind her elite boarding school, determined to squash and erase her for good. The memoir explores themes including, victimization, shame, and survival.
