WINONA, Minn. – A Rochester author whose focus is surviving rape will speak Wednesday at Winna State University. Danielle Leukam says she has taken back her power and she hopes to empower other women to do the same. Time: 6 p.m. at the Kryzsko Ballroom. Her story begins with a home invasion in which she was held at gunpoint and raped repeatedly for five hours while her 3-year-old son slept in the next room. Her career is a nurse, but the trauma led her to become also an author and public speaker.
Leukam. This among her books. Published 2021 by Simon & Schuster. 258 pages. $22 hardbound, $20 soft.