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Can't Forgive: My 20-Year Battle With O.J. Simpson
Written by Kim Goldman
Narrated by Kim Goldman
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When Kim Goldman was just twenty-two, her older brother, Ron, was brutally killed by O. J. Simpson. Ron and Kim were very close, and her devastation was compounded by the shocking not guilty verdict that allowed a smirking Simpson to leave as a free man.
It wasn't Kim's first trauma. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she and Ron were raised by their father. Her mother kidnapped her, telling her that her father didn't love her any more. When she was fourteen, she was almost blinded from severe battery acid burns on her face during an automobile accident, requiring three reconstructive surgeries.
But none of these early traumas compared to the loss of her brother, the painful knowledge that his killer was free, and the fact that she could not even grieve privately. Counseled by friends, strangers, and even Oprah to "find closure," Kim chose a different route. She chose to fight.
It wasn't Kim's first trauma. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she and Ron were raised by their father. Her mother kidnapped her, telling her that her father didn't love her any more. When she was fourteen, she was almost blinded from severe battery acid burns on her face during an automobile accident, requiring three reconstructive surgeries.
But none of these early traumas compared to the loss of her brother, the painful knowledge that his killer was free, and the fact that she could not even grieve privately. Counseled by friends, strangers, and even Oprah to "find closure," Kim chose a different route. She chose to fight.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Would be fine as a memoir, but only about 20% of this book has anything to do with her inability to forgive OJ. A good 1/3 was about her failed relationships and damaged childhood. Again, what does that have to do with not forgiving your brothers killer? Not sure. Feel like the title was misleading and that this was just a way for her to vent to someone other than her therapist.