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In 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, make a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent, then attacks them with an ax. The crime is reported in newspapers across the country.
… More »In 1977, Terri Jentz and her Yale roommate, Shayna Weiss, make a cross-country bike trip. They pitch a tent in the desert of central Oregon. As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent, then attacks them with an ax. The crime is reported in newspapers across the country. No one is ever arrested. Both women survive, but Shayna has amnesia, while Terri is left alone with memories of the attack--their friendship is shattered. Fifteen years later, Terri returns to the town and makes an extraordinary discovery: the violence of that night is as present for the community as it is for her. Slowly, her interviews with the townspeople yield a revelation: many say they know who did it, and he is living freely in their midst. Terri then sets out to discover the truth, and ultimately finds herself face-to-face with the alleged psychopath.--From publisher description.
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Add a CommentVery slow in the beginning, but picks up - hang in there. Way too much biographical information about herself before her assault - not interesting. Informative as to a dynamic healing process. She needed a better editor to help her focus on her message. This is connected with the documentary, "Forgiveness." Recommend the documentary highly. so powerful -- cannot get this book out of my mind. it is a sociological observation - resultingfrom her tireless research and interviews - of community dynamics. why do we stay silent expecting authorities to do their job when it is apparent they are not and community through inaction allows an evil person to violate women, children, men, pets year after year. amazing story as she tried to heal through action to obtain answers.
Insufferable! This book needed to be edited an half of it's content tossed out. An Amazon Reviewer said it well so I'm quoting: The most terrifying thing about Jentz's "Strange Piece" is its painfully overwritten, amateurish, self-indulgent literary style. Although Jentz's real life ordeal was profound, she manages to beat every angle of her story to death, making the reader care less and less about the eventual outcome. What could have been a spell-binding 250 page account of the author's experience and, in larger context, a worthy criticism of the statute of limitations for attempted murder is turned into a heavy handed, repetitive narrative about a night (and a suspect) you come to know way, WAY too well.