When asked why she didn't give the name of the man who attacked her with an ax in the book, Terri Jentz said,
"I really do think that our culture glamourizes criminals, and if I were to use his real name, I was concerned that there would be a lot of women who would write to him, and want to reform him"
Sadly, this is probably true.
When asked why she never confronted her attacker, she said,
"A lot of people ask me that. And the reason is quite simple. He has denied this crime his entire life, and there's no way that he's going to suddenly give up a confession to me. By confronting him, I would just be granting him the power to lie to me. It doesn't seem a good use of my time, nor does it seem particularly safe, because he is a dangerous character. So I've decided that I would never confront him in that way."
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