One way back : a memoir

Ford, Christine Blasey, 1966- author.

First edition.

Book

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.

©2024

xxi, 298 pages ; 22 cm

"On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She described an alleged sexual assault by the Supreme Court nominee that took place at a high school party in the 1980s ... This is the real story behind the headlines, a complex ... memoir of a scientist, a surfer, a mother, a patriot, and an unlikely whistleblower"--Dust jacket flap.

Ford, Christine Blasey, 1966-

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1 way back

Preface -- Santa Cruz -- The physics of waves -- Date night -- Independence day -- Beltway baby -- Every wave starts with a ripple -- The price of popularity -- Indelible -- The bad years -- The perfect years -- At home in the water -- The science of the mind -- The corroborators -- Multiple choice -- The lounge chair crew -- The handoff -- Law and order -- The breakup -- Here goes everything -- Hotel California -- Flight risk -- Love/hate -- Tree of life -- Riding the wave -- Do no harm -- Testimony eve -- A credible witness -- I intend no ill will -- Zombie -- A man's life is shattered -- Glass half full -- The waiting -- Anyway -- Hibernation -- Memo -- No good things -- Exclusive -- River of deceit -- The gift of fear -- The kindness of strangers -- Thicker than water -- Boys and girls -- The road to recovery -- Epilogue.

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