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Geimer, Samantha.
Polanski, Roman -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Rape victims -- California -- Biography.
Sexually abused teenagers -- Biography.
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Geimer, Samantha.
Geimer, Samantha.
Polanski, Roman -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Rape victims -- California -- Biography.
Sexually abused teenagers -- Biography.
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The
girl
: a
life
in the
shadow
of
Roman
Polanski
/ Samantha Geimer and Lawrence Silver ; with Judith Newman.
by
Geimer, Samantha.
Atria Books, 2013.
Call #:
362.883 G312g
Subjects
Geimer, Samantha.
Polanski
,
Roman
-- Trials, litigation, etc.
Rape victims -- California -- Biography.
Sexually abused teenagers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781476716831 (hc.)
1476716838 (hc.)
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description:
265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In this memoir, the author, "the
girl
" at the center of the infamous
Roman
Polanski
sexual assault case, breaks a thirty-five year silence to tell her story and reflect on the events of that day and their lifelong repercussions. March 1977, Southern California.
Roman
Polanski
drives a rented Mercedes along Mulholland Drive to Jack Nicholson's house. Sitting next to him is an aspiring actress, Samantha Geimer, recently arrived from York, Pennsylvania. She is thirteen years old. The undisputed facts of what happened in the following hours appear in the court record:
Polanski
spent hours taking pictures of Samantha on a deck overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on a kitchen counter, topless in a Jacuzzi. Wine and Quaaludes were consumed, balance and innocence were lost, and a young
girl
's
life
was altered forever, eternally cast as a background player in her own story. For months on end, the
Polanski
case dominated the media in the U.S. and abroad. But even with the extensive coverage, much about that day and the
girl
at the center of it all remains a mystery. Just about everyone had an opinion about the renowned director and the
girl
he was accused of drugging and raping. Who was the predator? Who was the prey? Was the
girl
an innocent victim or a cunning Lolita artfully directed by her ambitious stage mother? How could the criminal justice system have failed all the parties concerned in such a spectacular fashion? Once
Polanski
fled the country, what became of Samantha, the young
girl
forever associated with one of Hollywood's most notorious episodes? Samantha, as much as
Polanski
, has been a fugitive since the events of that night more than thirty years ago. Taking us far beyond the headlines, this memoir reveals a thirteen-year-old who was simultaneously wise beyond her years and yet terribly vulnerable. By telling her story in full for the first time, Samantha reclaims her identity, and indelibly proves that it is possible to move forward from victim to survivor, from confusion to certainty, from shame to strength"--P. [2] of cover.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Silver, Lawrence.
Newman, Judith.
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