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Sarah Grace is a solicitor and certified yoga
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teacher. Of French and Irish nationality, raised
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in Japan and France, she obtained an LLB degree in Law and French law from University College London and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. After surviving a violent sexual assault in 2019 that turned her life upside down, Sarah publicly called for changes to Ireland’s criminal justice system for other sexual violence survivors, which culminated in her meeting with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in March 2021 In recognition of her work and of the remarkable difference she made in Irish Women of the Year Special Recognition Award in 2021. Through her Instagram account @busywarrioryoga, she shares motivational content, tips on healing, and yoga tutorials.
Sarah Grace is a sexual assault survivor. This is her raw and powerful
account of healing and thriving after the assault. Armed with courage and candour, Sarah tells her own story and charts the path back to recovery.
Because while ash marks the place of devastation, it is also the fertile soil from which new life can grow.
ISBN 978-1-78849-316-1
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Also available as an eBook
A F T E R S E X U A L A S S A U LT
society, Sarah was awarded the Irish Tatler
FROM SURVIVAL TO EMPOWERMENT
to discuss legal reforms.
Sarah Grace
Sarah Grace
One night like any other, a burglar broke into Sarah’s apartment and attacked
her as she slept. What followed was a
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nightmarish fight for her life. That violent assault blew apart her world, reducing everything in it to ashes.
Since that battle, Sarah has waged many more. She had to fight her way through post-traumatic stress, the social stigma
around sexual assault and an archaic court system in her bid to ensure her attacker
couldn’t do the same to another woman. Based on these experiences, Sarah offers
the tools to survive assault, its aftermath and trial.
This is a book for everyone – not just
survivors, but their families, friends and
colleagues too. Sexual assault affects us all, regardless of background or gender. It is
one woman’s personal testimony, but it is also a call to arms.
The time to speak up is now.
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