Lucia Osborne-Crowley Lucia Osborne-Crowley i(18508010 works by)
Gender: Female
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Journalist, essayist, and legal researcher.

Lucia Osborne-Crowley published a memoir in 2020 that examined the consequences of her rape as a teenager and of trauma in society more broadly and its effects on women in particular.

In 2024, she published The Lasting Harm, her account of witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of the sex-trafficking of young girls: she was one of only four reporters allowed in court for the full duration of the trial.

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y separately published work icon My Body Keeps Your Secrets Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2021 23155580 2021 single work autobiography biography

'It occurred to me that the thing that made me the sickest, the thing that made me suffer most, was the fact that I felt so compelled to hide what had been done to me. Because I believed it was all my fault.

'Lucia Osborne-Crowley didn't tell a soul when she was raped aged fifteen. Then, eighteen months after she was attacked, her body began to turn on her - and what followed were sudden bouts of searing, unbearable pain that saw her in and out of hospital for the next ten years.

'At twenty-five, Lucia for the first time told the truth about her rape. This disclosure triggered an endless series of appointments with doctors, trauma specialists and therapists. Meanwhile, Lucia threw herself into researching the shadowy intricacies of abuse, trauma and shame.

'In My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia shares the voices of women and trans and non-binary people around the world, as well as her own deeply moving testimony. She writes of vulnerability, acceptance and the reclaiming of our selves, all in defiance of a world where atrocities are committed and survivors are repeatedly told to carry the weight of that shame.

'Widely researched and boldly argued, this book reveals the secrets our bodies bury deep within them, the way trauma can rewrite our biology, and how our complicated relationships with sex affect our connection with others. Crafted in a daring and immersive literary form, My Body Keeps Your Secrets is a necessary, elegant and empathetic work that further establishes Lucia's credentials as a key intersectional feminist thinker for a new generation.'

Source : publisher's blurb

2022 longlisted Davitt Award Best Debut
2022 longlisted Davitt Award Best True Crime Book
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