Why a Booktrail?
2017: one man’s control over many women
The Chain
Why a Booktrail?
2017: one man’s control over many women
What you need to know before your trail
In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend’s life: that she and many other women had been subtly, patiently and painfully betrayed.
In this spellbinding memoir, she exposes one man’s control over many women and the trauma he left behind, and celebrates the sisterhood that formed in his wake despite – and in spite of – him. Exploring how women are duped every day by individuals, she interrogates how society itself continually allows this to happen. She demonstrates that, no matter how intelligent, educated or self-aware they might be, over time a woman can be played into performing the age-old role of giver and nurturer: self-sacrificing and subordinate.
Travel Guide
New York City
” New York smells of sewage in the summer. Manhattan in particular. It has a kind of decomposing stink, like flesh, and condensation drips onto your head from air-conditioners hooked up in half-open windows. the cockroaches and rats hold court around the bins.”
The city is evoked but in names of a few areas only. This is not a book strong on location.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Chain
Destination: New York City Author/guide: Chimene Suleyman Departure Time: 2023
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