A senior in college, Jennifer Thompson was focused on finishing her degree and her upcoming marriage when she was raped at knife point in her own apartment. She studied her attacker's face and features, and, after escaping, positively identifies Ronald Cotton from a police line-up. Her testimony solidifies the case against him and though he claims innocence, Cotton is imprisoned for eleven years before a DNA test backs him up. Despite everything, these two victims came together to write a book that examines both of their stories without shying away from the difficulties of their situations, touching on Cotton's forgiveness, Thompson's fear, and the issues with America's criminal justice system. 
 I read this book for an introductory course on criminal justice in college; I never expected to be blown away by what I found. Both Thompson and Cotton draw on their tremendous strength to connect both with each other and with their readers.