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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-100091955718
ISBN-139780091955717
eBay Product ID (ePID)201538381
Product Key Features
Book TitleCellar Girl
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, Violence in Society
GenreTrue Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJosefina Rivera
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal364.1532092
SynopsisThe story of one heroic woman who survived kidnap by a notorious serial rapist and killer in 1980s Philadelphia I stood there for a moment, silently speaking to myself: Josefina, you will survive this. You are strong. You are a fighter. You adapt. As a young mother of three, Josefina Rivera was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women Josefina was held captive in a cellar in Philadelphia where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfill Heidnik's desire of creating a family of 10 children. This book tells the shocking but ultimately inspiring story of how one brave, young woman saved herself and others from a life worse than hell., 'I stood there for a moment, silently speaking to myself- Josefina, you will survive this. You are strong. You are a fighter. You adapt.' As a young mum-of-three, Josefina Rivera was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women Josefina was held captive in a cellar where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfil Heidnik's desire of creating a 'family' of ten children. Cellar Girl is the shocking but ultimately inspiring story of how one brave, young woman saved herself and others from a life worse than hell., The story of one heroic woman who survived kidnap by a notorious serial rapist and killer in 1980s Philadelphia "I stood there for a moment, silently speaking to myself: Josefina, you will survive this. You are strong. You are a fighter. You adapt." As a young mother of three, Josefina Rivera was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women Josefina was held captive in a cellar in Philadelphia where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfill Heidnik's desire of creating a "family" of 10 children. This book tells the shocking but ultimately inspiring story of how one brave, young woman saved herself and others from a life worse than hell.