Lucky (memoir)

Lucky
2002 paperback cover of Lucky
AuthorAlice Sebold
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherScribner
Publication date
August 4, 1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages272 pp
ISBN0-684-85782-0
OCLC40777019
364.15/32/092 B 22
LC ClassHV6561 .S44 1999

Lucky is a 1999 memoir by the American novelist Alice Sebold, best known as the author of the 2002 novel The Lovely Bones. Lucky describes her experience of being raped and beaten when she was eighteen in a tunnel near Syracuse University where she was a student, and how this traumatic experience shaped the rest of her life.[1] Sebold has stated that her reason for writing the book was to bring more awareness to rape and rape survivors.[2] The memoir sold over one million copies.[3]

Anthony Broadwater served 16 years in prison after being falsely accused as the rapist, and was released in 1999. He was exonerated in 2021 after a judge found serious issues with the initial conviction.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Lucky". Publishers Weekly. August 2, 1999. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Sebold, Alice (October 10, 2006). "The World Meets Alice Sebold" (Interview). Interviewed by Dave. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (November 25, 2021). "Alice Sebold Memoir Adaptation 'Lucky' Dropped After Losing Financing (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Westhoff, Kiely; Waldrop, Theresa (November 25, 2021). "He spent years in prison for the rape of author Alice Sebold, the subject of her memoir, 'Lucky.' A judge just exonerated him". CNN. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Zraick, Karen; Alter, Alexandra (November 23, 2021). "Man Is Exonerated in Rape Case Described in Alice Sebold's Memoir". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Alter, Rebecca (November 28, 2021). "Wrongfully Accused Man in Alice Sebold Rape Case Exonerated". Vulture. Retrieved November 29, 2021.