South of Forgiveness: A True Story of Rape and Responsibility
Written by Elva Thordis and Stranger Tom
Narrated by Tom Bromhead and Tavia Gilbert
4/5
()
About this audiobook
After exchanging hundreds of searingly honest emails over eight years, Thordis and Tom decided it was time to speak face to face. Coming from opposite sides of the globe, they meet in the middle, in Cape Town, South Africa, a country that is no stranger to violence and the healing power of forgiveness.
South of Forgiveness is an unprecedented collaboration between a survivor and a perpetrator, each equally committed to exploring the darkest moment of their lives. It is a true story about being bent but not broken, facing fear with courage, and finding hope even in the most wounded of places. Personable, accessible, and compelling, South of Forgiveness is an intense and refreshing look at gendered violence, rape culture, personal responsibility, and the effect that patriarchal cultures have on both men and women.
Contains mature themes.
Elva Thordis
Thordis Elva is known to Icelanders as a writer, journalist, public speaker and Woman of the Year 2015. Her book about gender-based violence, Á mannamáli (The Plain Truth) was one of the most awarded Icelandic books of 2009. Together with Tom Strager, she held a TEDWomen’s talk in San Franscisco that has over a millions views online. She currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden with her partner Vidir and their son.
Related to South of Forgiveness
Related audiobooks
What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault and Its Aftermath Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing Will Be Different: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCredible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAllies in Healing: When the Person You Love Is a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Four Umbrellas: A Couple's Journey Into Young-Onset Alzheimer's Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDenial: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In A Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working for Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The White Umbrella: Walking with Survivors of Sex Trafficking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother Daughter Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Post Grad: Five Women and their First Year Out of College Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love Lockdown: Dating, Sex, and Marriage in America's Prisons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Girl Named Lovely: One Child's Miraculous Survival and My Journey to the Heart of Haiti Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Chanel Miller took her story back after her rapist's lenient sentence left her feeling ‘invisible' Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unforgiven: The Untold Story of One Woman's Search for Love and Justice Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
True Crime For You
The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil and Harper Lee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Trigger: Narratives of the American Shooter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychopath: A True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Papillon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of the Wreckage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The I-5 Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond the Body Farm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broken: The most shocking childhood story ever told. An inspirational author who survived it. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Killing in Amish Country: Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stranger Beside Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for South of Forgiveness
10 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, so honest. I have worked in the sexual violence field for 11 years now. This is by far the best survivor story to show both sides of the situation. My heart is full. I am grateful for both Thordis and Tom for being real, being vulnerable, and forgiving. This is the hope for better tomorrows and transforming the global problem of sexual assault.
1 person found this helpful