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Where Hope Begins: One Family's Journey Out of Tragedy-and the Reporter Who Helped Them Make It
WHERE HOPE BEGINS is the inspiring true story of a reporter who adopts a family of abuse victims, risking her job and possibly her life.
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
September 15th 2009
by Pocket
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This true story begins with a flashback to the day that Marcus Wesson murdered nine of his children. The author, a report in California, overcame her journalist training and instinct to help three of the women from Wesson's family get back on their feet and try to find a "normal" life in the aftermath of the murders.
Sofios is a remarkable woman, both in her ability to act to help out the people that had no one else to help them and in her continued optimism. I was interest...more
Sofios is a remarkable woman, both in her ability to act to help out the people that had no one else to help them and in her continued optimism. I was interest...more
Full disclosure: I'm publicizing this book. On that note, it really is amazing. I read it in 24 hours. It is horrifying, disturbing, and hopeful, all rolled into one. This is the true story behind the Wesson family murders (the largest mass murder in Fresno, CA history) in which patriarch Marcus Wesson killed nine of his seventeen children (some of which are also his grandchildren - yeah, I know). But it is also the story of what happened to the surviving members of the family afterwards, and th...more
Wonderfully and compassionately written, Alysia Sofios, a news reporter from Fresno, CA reports on the devastation that Marcus Wesson causes his family. A religious fanatic, physical & mental abuser of all of his 18 children (6 of which were conceived by his own daughters and niece), Wesson ends up on CA death row, where he remains today. After the "God" ordered slaying of 9 of the children, Ms. Sofios takes in the remaining members of the family and strives to learn how they had sur...more
Intriguing and sad, this true story tells about the family of a convicted mass murderer. It gives some insight into what happened in his very dysfunctional family, and it portrays his grown children as the victims they truly were. After reading this book, I think it would be impossible not to feel sympathy and compassion for this family and admiration for the reporter who became such an important part of their lives.
This was a wonderful book of hope surviving tragedy. A tragic story and the path of the family of survivors and the reporter who helped them find their way. I came away from the book unexpectedly feeling hope and happiness for the victims who were given a new life.
I can't believe a father would do that to his kids...I hope the kids that survived are not under his controlling spell anymore and I am glad that Marcus is on death row.
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Very interesting subject matter. I'm glad the Wesson family members are getting their lives on track. I don't really care much for Alysia's writing style though.
An amazing, heartwarming, tragic story that everyone should read. It is amazing that a family can live like the Wessons did and not even know it was morally and lawfully wrong. It is sad that so many people had to die to finally put this filthy animal behind bars.
This book was bittersweet to read. Bitter because of what this family had to endure for years and years. Sweet, because they overcame. I can not imagine living my life the way they had to. I wish them a whole lifetime of happiness and joy. They deserve it!!
Also, a standing ovation for the author, Alysia for having the compassion and courage to take this family into her home, when they had no where to go. I would hope I would do the same, but don't know that I would have the courage ...more
Also, a standing ovation for the author, Alysia for having the compassion and courage to take this family into her home, when they had no where to go. I would hope I would do the same, but don't know that I would have the courage ...more
The topic of this book is disturbing but written well.
I was so surprised by how much I loved this book. I absolutely loved the characters...though not characters, they are real people. I saw them on Dr. Phil. I was pulling for each one of them and hoping the best for them. It was moving and sickening and in the end hopeful.
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Caitlin Rother is the author of the true crime books BODY PARTS, TWISTED TRIANGLE and POISONED LOVE and the thriller NAKED ADDICTION. She is also the co-author of WHERE HOPE BEGINS. She is currently working on UNDESERVED, a book about the murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks, who were tied to an anchor and thrown off the side of their yacht by a clan of outlaws led by Skylar Deleon. "
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