StarAstrologer - Books : If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.8292092273
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Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: April 17, 2007
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 382450
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved, it read, but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways. Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me...
That same spring Janine Latus was struggling to leave her marriage -- a marriage to a handsome and successful man. A marriage others emulated. A marriage in which she felt she could do nothing right and everything wrong. A marriage in which she felt afraid, controlled, inadequate, and trapped.
Ten weeks later, Janine Latus had left her marriage. She was on a business trip to the East Coast, savoring her freedom, attending a work conference, when she received a call from her sister Jane asking if she'd heard from Amy. Immediately, Janine's blood ran cold. Amy was missing.
Helicopters went up and search dogs went out. Coworkers and neighbors and family members plastered missing posters with Amy's picture across the county. It took more than two weeks to find Amy's body, wrapped in a tarpaulin and buried at a building site. It took nearly two years before her killer, her former boyfriend Ron Ball, was sentenced for her murder.
Amy died in silent fear and pain. Haunted by this, Janine Latus turned her journalistic eye inward. How, she wondered, did two seemingly well-adjusted, successful women end up in strings of physically or emotionally abusive relationships with men? If I Am Missing or Dead is a heart-wrenching journey of discovery as Janine Latus traces the roots of her own -- and her sister's -- victimization with unflinching candor. This beautifully written memoir will move readers from the first to the last page. At once a confession, a call to break the cycle of abuse, and a deeply felt love letter to her baby sister, Amy Lynne Latus, If I Am Missing or Dead is an unforgettable read.
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This book touched me in ways I never could have fathomed. Every woman should read this book and feel lucky if they have never been abused by a man. They should read it to be able to recognize and help other women in need. The author went years without realizing or understanding that she was being abused until her own sister was violently murdered. I will read any other book by Ms. Latus.
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As others have pointed out, this isn't about Amy, the murdered sister; this is about Janine, though that doesn't make it a bad story. Her writing is interesting, but as the story wore on, I felt like she had no insight into the role she may have played in her screwed up life. I'm not saying it's ever ok to hit a woman (I am a woman) - that's not the point. It's just that everything is always somebody else's fault - her father, her boyfriend, her husband. I probably don't understand the psychology ... Read More
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Janice shows great strength and self control in how to deal with the obsticals in life. Yes maybe the title was a little misleading to some, but not to me. Janice spoke of her life as it was happening while the rest of the world was living also. Amy had her own life and me being a victim of abuse I know the lies you tell or the truth that you dont. Therefore there was lots I am sure that Janice didnt even know was going on with her baby sister. Janice went on to write a great and inspiring book for other ... Read More
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"Today Ron and I are romantically involved, but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways. Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me. However, hopefully it will give you enough to go on to at least question Ron and make sure, if he is behind it, that he won't get away with it."
These were the last words 37-year old Amy Latus would ever write in a letter penned on April 29, 2002 ... Read More
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Janine Latus does a fabulous job of describing the slippery slope of abuse. This book is written beautifully and captures 2 stories of abuse that many can relate to.
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