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This program includes a bonus interview with Tony Award-winning author Eve Ensler and Audible Editor Rachel Smalter Hall, as they talk about the inspiration behind this story. Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. The Apology, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness and compassion and an expansive vision for the future. Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.
Publication Year: 2019
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This is a story about Eve, a woman who has waited for almost 40 years for an apology from her father. The man who should be a guardian and protector, but he is the man who tarnished her pride and innocent. Starting from 5 years old, she has become the sexual subject of her father. So, she had done enough waiting. She will never wait again for her dead father. Instead, she writes the apology letter herself from the point of view of her father.
I love the idea of this story. Perhaps I shouldn’t say a story since this is true and happening. This is kind of a memoir. At the start of the story, I feel hatred towards the father. How come a child—your own child, has become your own kink? Your lust? Then, what kind of satan possessed you? You fingered your own daughter. You framed her as a mischievous kid; you made her drown in your own obsession. Ugh! I hate the father so much. But who do I hate more? The mother! She did nothing. I hate it. What kind of mother is that? I think that she knows all of her husband’s secrets, the things he did. But what? She prefers to stay silent. Because she feels like her daughter is her opponent, her rival. Ugh, I can’t give this book 5 stars because I need her father to suffer towards the end. To be rot in hell. I just feel numb. I’m sorry for Eve.
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