Aaron Hartzler
Autor von What We Saw
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- USA
- Wohnorte
- Southern California, USA
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- actor
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- Michael Bourret
- Kurzbiographie
- A writer and actor, Aaron’s autobiographical performances have been seen in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York where he received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Off-Off Broadway Performance. He’s performed in plays and musicals on regional stages across the country, and was featured in several TV pilots no one saw. You might have seen him in the very first episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia in the role of “Handsome Guy”–although you may have missed him, too, because at the time, his hair was strangely blond and decidedly not very handsome. Aaron lives in southern California with his boyfriend Nate (who is decidedly very handsome) and their two dogs Charlie and Brahms. (From the author's website: www.aaronhartzler.com)
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Kate Weston has always had her friend Ben looking after her since they were children. Ben is Mr. Perfect— athletic, tall, and handsome. One night, Kate goes to a party and drinks too much. Thankfully, Ben was watching her back and returned her home safe and sound. The same can’t be said of fellow student Stacy. Stacy and her mom file a police report and press charges against three students for sexual assault and rape. All three students accused are on the school basketball team, and one is the star player.
The students at school turn on Stacy and call her a liar and attention seeker or blame it on the way she dresses. Everyone was against her because they didn’t want their basketball team to suffer the loss of their star player. While most students and adults in the community have made up their minds about Stacy, Kate has not. Kate tries to befriend Stacy to find the truth.
Kate and Ben's friendship shifts into a romantic relationship. She talks to Ben about what happened to Stacy and Ben says he doesn’t know anything because he had left to take her home that night. Kate pushes because Ben is on the basketball team with the accused boys. She doesn’t want to believe her classmates could be capable of such a horrendous crime, but she can’t find a reason why Stacy would lie.
“Turns out any ordinary place can be made extraordinary by the presence of the right person.”
Kate knows she a Stacy had been taking shots together before she went home. She wonders why someone saved her at the party but not Stacy. Hadn’t anyone seen something? Now there is gossip about a video taken at the party. Kate is determined to get her hands on the video and discover the truth once and for all. But the truth isn’t kind to Kate, and she is left dumbfounded and betrayed.
What We Saw broke my heart and left a searing revelation behind. Situations like this happen every day in which the victim is further victimized and shunned by the community for what has happened to them. They didn’t want it to happen to them any more than you want to believe that others are capable of such behaviors. This book is just so real. Thank you.
The writer did a fantastic job of storytelling and putting the reader in the scene. I was often holding my breath in anticipation as the story pulled me along. I enjoyed the full circle technique Hartzler used by starting and ending the story with a video that correlated with the start and end of a friendship— double duty. I gave the book four stars because I don’t want to read it again. Not because it isn’t good, but because the ride was emotionally taxing and heartbreaking.… (mehr)