So entertaining, informative and accessible. I read it with a character in a book I'm working on in mind, but I would have loved it anyway. She said sSo entertaining, informative and accessible. I read it with a character in a book I'm working on in mind, but I would have loved it anyway. She said so much about us, we humans, our difficulties and struggles with ourselves and relationships. What I loved best was her mantra about compassion. ...more
Heartrending, compelling and ultimately a testament to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. It reads at the pace of the sharpest page-turninHeartrending, compelling and ultimately a testament to the incredible resilience of the human spirit. It reads at the pace of the sharpest page-turning thriller and yet there are moments of insight so filled with wisdom I found myself lingering over them, highlighting them. Simply wonderful....more
An intense, compelling, heart wrenching and ultimately uplifting memoir of a woman's escape from a psychopath. While it was difficult to read, a lot bAn intense, compelling, heart wrenching and ultimately uplifting memoir of a woman's escape from a psychopath. While it was difficult to read, a lot because of law enforcement's failure to protect this family, it was so well-written and intense that often I had to remind myself I wasn't reading a thriller but a memoir....more