Cover of Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence

Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence

"In May 1988 a horrific shooting attack left 28-year-old Rebecca Wight dead. Her partner, Claudia Brenner, was seriously wounded. In this profoundly personal, emotionally riveting, politically energizing account of the murder and its aftermath, the author writes about her path to recovery and activism"—BOOK JACKET.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 212 pages

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