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Perfect Victim : The True Story of 'The Girl in the Box' by the D.A. that Prosecuted Her Captor
Perfect Victim The True Story of 'The Girl in the Box' by the DA that Prosecuted Her Captor
Author: Christine McGuire, Carla Norton
Called the "Sex Slave" and "The Girl In The Box" case -- the seven-year-long imprisonment of pretty Colleen Stan would shock the world... In 1977 twenty-year-old Colleen Stan left home to hitchhike from Oregon to California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and extraordinary crime. — This is Col...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780440204428
ISBN-10: 0440204429
Publication Date: 7/1/1989
Pages: 384
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3.9 stars, based on 67 ratings
Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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I could not put this book down. It was a great book, however I will never understand why the girl who was trapped for so long did not leave when their were many opportunities to do so.
After being held prisoner for years and enduring years of painful abuse, I would risk it all if I thought that there was a chance at freedom.
This book is about a girl who was kidknapped and kept by a husband and wife and stored under a bed in a man made box. This went on for years. Eventually they let her out to run loose in the home and introduced her to friends as a relative who just came to visit.
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Horrific story with some revealing psychological insight into the mind of captive victims. Not the greatest true crime book, but a decent read and a quick one.
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reviewed Perfect Victim : The True Story of 'The Girl in the Box' by the D.A. that Prosecuted Her Captor on + 21 more book reviews
If this book hadn't been a True Crime book, I would have never believed it .... truth is, many times, stranger than fiction.
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Christine McGuire should be ashamed of herself. She wrote this UNAUTHORIZED book about Colleen without sharing a penny of her proceeds.

Blood money....

Don't buy the book on moral reasons, which should count somehow in picking a book.
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Memorable. In a sea of true crime books over the years, this one stands out. It is an outstanding story.


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