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July 14, 2010

Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo

Filed under: Faction, Senior — Tags: , , , , — Ms B @ 3:02 pm

When Jennifer is raped when sleeping in her college room, she is shattered, but she insists on cooperating with the police to put her rapist in jail. She is able to get a good description and identifies him in a line-up. but did “pick” the right man (his name was Ronald Cotton.

The rest of the book gives information about the decades that pass and how the invention of a new forensic test helps find the answer. There are alternating chapters from Jennifer and Ronald. You really understand what Jennifer went through, but you also understand Ronald’s point of view. The book changed these two people and it will really make you think as well.

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