If I had to recommend one trafficking/experimentation survivor account at this time, it would be Thomas's
Daybreaks Over Dharamsala. She's a writer with a resume and reputation, she's also the author of
The Battle in Seattle. Plus, the book contains passages like this:
Janet Thomas wrote:(Excerpt from the first chapter.)
"This has, of course, created doubt and dismay as I’ve tried to heal from the electric shocks that could never happen but did; the sexual slavery as a child that only my body remembers; the experiments that happened to someone else In my body; the days and nights in the dark that made indistinguishable my self from all that did not exist; the places where I became an animal, where being debased for the enjoyment of others was my charm and my glory. I heal from it all, even as I know it could never have happened to me. It is what I don’t know that has both saved me and condemned me. And it seems, at times, as though there is no difference."
You didn't include RA, but I assume that would be part of trafficking. For a gentle, short, fictional introduction, from another writer/survivor who I hear is working on her autobiography,
Mad Dog by Kelly Watt. Otherwise, although these can be difficult for new initiates, in the following order,
Beyond Disbelief by Sara Scott, and then of course, the Noblitt's anthology,
RA in the 21st Century.
For general introductions to human experimentation, an older title, but one I found poignant and well written and would make a good lead in to Albarelli's work,
The Plutonium Files by Eileen Wellsome. Accounts of other programs have been released since, but I haven't kept up with them, so I'd like to hear from those who may have done.
It's funny, I feel like I'm missing something really obvious. I've got an internet attention span, like Jeff describes in his latest essay, I can't read books anymore, even though I spend a third of each day reading.
