In an attempt to liberate herself from her abuser, Ensler wrote her book as a letter of repentance from her deceased father, who had violated her since the age of five. The Apology is a powerful memoir that re-imagines the idea of closure for abuse victims everywhere. “Sixteen thousand years of patriarchy, and the one thing women have never heard is an apology from her abuser.”
Eve Ensler: Women need not wait for an apology
Prominent feminist and author of The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler talks to Newsclick about her new book, The Apology.