Picked this up off the shelf, sight unseen.
It was a smart pick.
The story is about a young woman, growing up.
The background is the hunt for the so-called “Yorkshire” Ripper, a serial killer who was tracking down women and killing them.
The killer took too long to get caught because the people looking for him were incompetent. They were incompetent in that they were men who made unfair assumptions about women.
All the men do. Though there is the backdrop of the useless police, the story can be seen as a universal story of women growing up - where the threat of sexual violence is complete both in society as a whole and even within relationships. It was a powerfully told tale, and one that makes me worry for my daughters in the future and all the daughters ever.
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