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In the summer of 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 guy in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. Then attacks them with an ax. The horrific crime is reported in newspapers over the country. No you are ever arrested. Both women survive, but Shayna is suffering from amnesia, while Terri is left alone with memories of the attack. Their friendship is shattered.
Fifteen years later, Terri returns to the tiny town where she was almost murdered, on the to begin many visits she will make "to resolve the crime that could solve me." And she makes an extraordinary discovery: the violence of that night is as present for the community as it is for her. Slowly, her intensive interviews with the townspeople yield a terrifying revelation: many say they know who achieved it, and he is living freely in their midst. Terri then sets out to find the truth about the crime and its aftermath, and to come to terms with the wounds that broke her life into a before and an after. Ultimately she finds herself face-to-face with the alleged axman.
Powerful, eloquent, and paced like the most riveting of thrillers, Strange Piece of Paradise is the electrifying account of Terri's investigation in to the mystery of her near murder. A startling profile of any psychopath, a sweeping reflection on violence and the myth of American individualism, and a moving record of any brave inner journey from violence to hope, this searing, unforgettable work is for certain to be one of the most discussed books of the entire year.
