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Book Review of DOC: The Rape of the Town of Lovell

DOC: The Rape of the Town of Lovell
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For twenty-five years, the trusted family doctor in a small Wyoming town had been raping and molesting the women and children who most relied on him.Mostly Mormons, the naive victims sometimes realized on their wedding nights the truth about what had happened in Dr. Story's office. This is the searing story of a small group of courageous women who decided to bring a doctor to justice -- and unearthed a legacy of pain and anger that would divide their families, their neighbors, and an entire town.
The master of true crime stories relates the incredible tale of a small -town doctor who raped dozens of women for 25 years--and got away with it. Finally a few brave women broke their self-imposed vows of silence to bring him to justice--and to discover that their accusations would shake the community its very foundations