TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE. THE GHOST OF AILEEN WUORN BECKONS

Join us on Sunday, January 23 at 7:30 PM when journalist Phyllis Chesler will talk about her haunting book, Requiem for a Female Serial Killer. This psychological crime thriller takes us inside the mind of a prostitute, Aileen Wuornos, who murdered seven adult men--a case with which the author was intimately involved. The issues raised by this high-profile criminal case remain unresolved to this day. As Chesler notes, "Women, even prostitutes, have the right to self-defense in theory, but in practice, the story is more complicated."

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This book will challenge everything you ever thought about prostitutes, serial killers, and justice in America. Chesler delivers an incisive, original, and dramatic portrait of a traumatized, and alcoholic woman. When she'd had enough pain in her life, the results were deadly.

This is a poignant, never-before-told behind-the-scenes tale. Was Wuornos suffering from post-traumatic stress after a life lived on a "killing field?" Chesler explains that after so many prostitutes had been torture-murdered by serial killers, Wuornos, once prey, became a predator. Sponsored by the Contra Costa JCC, Cong. B'nai Shalom and The Jewish Book Council. Admission is free.