From Publishers Weekly
In 1998 the author, a hospice nurse, wife and mother, was attacked in her Delaware home by Donald Flagg, a cocaine-addicted factory worker. Flagg entered her house and shot and killed Nico, her husband of 25 years. When Sharp came inside from gardening, Flagg was waiting. After raping her, he stuffed her in his car trunk. She was tied up and imprisoned in Flagg's house for five days and learned that her husband was dead only through a radio news report. Sharp was rescued after she was able to loosen her bonds and dial 911, while her captor was at work. This gripping and dramatic story, recounted with the assistance of journalist Preston, is a subjective but powerful argument for the rights of crime victims and a testament to the author's courage and resilience. Sharp describes how the tragedy affected Michael and Melissa, her two college-aged children, as well as other family members, incisively noting that all the minor strife and strain that existed before the crime remain. Despite Flagg's trial attorneys' attempt to build a case for insanity by eliciting sympathy for their client, even though he had raped other women, Flagg was sentenced to life imprisonment. Now remarried, the author is currently a national speaker for victim's rights.
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From Booklist
This is the kind of story to which the phrase "living nightmare" applies. In April 1998, the author was working in her garden when a cocaine-addicted factory worker abducted her. He raped her in her own home, put her in his car, and took her to his house, where he kept her tied up for five days. While she was being held captive, she heard in a radio report that the man had murdered her husband. Her abductor might have kept her longer than five days, perhaps until he killed her, if she hadn't managed to get free and call 911. It's a remarkable story, and it doesn't end with Sharp's rescue. Not only did the author have to cope with the effect of her ordeal, she also had to undergo a very public trial and deal with the grief of her children. At times difficult to read (Sharp doesn't pull many punches), this is true crime from the point of view of the victim, and reading it is an unforgettably intense experience. Expect beyond-the-book-pages publicity. David Pitt
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