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Buried memories : a vulnerable girl and her story of survival / cKatie Beers with Carolyn Gusoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beers, Katherine, 1982- author.
- Gusoff, Carolyn., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused children--New York (State)--Long Island--Personal narratives.
- Abused children.
- Kidnapping victims--New York (State)--Long Island--Personal narratives.
- Kidnapping victims.
- Rape victims--New York (State)--Long Island--Personal narratives.
- Rape victims.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Beers, Katherine, 1982-.
- Beers, Katherine.
- Esposito, John, 1949-.
- Esposito, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (481 p.)
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Beaufort Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- UPDATED: New chapters from Katie In 1992, nine-year-old Katie Beers was kidnapped by a family friend and locked in an underground box for 17 days. Katie has now come forward to tell the story that created a national media storm as reporters uncovered the truth about her pre-kidnapping life of neglect and sexual abuse and the details of her rescue. She shares how this experience and the recent death of her kidnapper, John Esposito, has affected her life. Despite the horrible reality of Katie's days of being chained in darkness, the kidnapping was, in fact, the climactic end of a tragic childh
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; FADED SCARS; A GIANT; THE HOLE; UNUSUAL SUSPECTS; SUBMISSION; BIG BROTHER JOHN; COURTSHIP; HARM"S WAY; LOW NOTE; CATNAPS; ALIVE; WHAT IF?; CLOSED EYES; HOME; MAKEOVER; A WHOLE NEW WORLD; EVERYBODY'S CHILD; FORCED MEMORY; FEMALE ANDERSON; THE CHIEF; LOST LOVE; THE TAPES; THE WHOLE TRUTH; THE TEAM; MOTHERHOOD; RESILIENCE; THE LETTERS; LIFE AFTER BURIED MEMORIES; ENDNOTES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8253-0707-4
- OCLC:
- 908098634
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