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A woman responds to a violent attack

By Lois Carlson

From the July 21, 2014 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel

A version of this article was originally published in The Christian Science Monitor.

The gang of teenagers who beat me up that early spring night wanted my purse. But the intensity of the kicking and the fierceness of the blows with the metal object spoke the desperation of their lives.