Runaway Father: The True Story of Pat Bennett, Her Daughters and Their Seventeen-Year Search

by Richard Rashke

Recounts Pat Bennett's seventeen-year-search for her runaway husband, father of her three daughters, her personal growth during those years, and her ultimate court confrontation

271 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Richard Rashke is a lecturer and author of non-fiction books, including The Killing of Karen Silkwood, Escape from Sobibor, Useful Enemies, A Boy Named Red: A True Crime Story, and The Whistle Blower’s Dilemma: Snowden, Silkwood and Their Quest for the Truth. His works have been translated into thirteen languages and have been the subject of films for the screen and television. Rashke worked with Sobibor survivor Esther Tenner Raab on a powerful play called Dear Esther, and he has recently released a new book for all ages, Wounded Wing.

Reviews

[Fishface]

What a great read. This should have bored me to tears -- it was mostly legal hearings -- but the suspense kept me right on the edge of my seat until the end. And what a blockbuster ending this one has! Hardly any author can handle this kind of material so well, and Rashke does a great, great job. Don't miss this book if you are interested in good biographies, women's empowerment, the law, mental health, or just a good non-fiction read. This book is all of the above.

[Joanna Bastian]

I couldn't decide how I felt about the family - it was an emotional story, with characters constantly at emotional extremes.