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A twelve year old girl is murdered by her mother and father. A truthful and disturbing glimpse at child abuse and molestation in the life of Sarah Maria Iris, as her family descends from the suburban middle class into a life of poverty. Her innocent but insightful voice is the portrait of a child held prisoner by cruel, unloving parents. Imprisoned and abused before her death, she records the shocking events in letters motivated by fear and depression. Told from the pages of her journal, the story uncovers the tragic home life of Sarah and her older sister Sharon, as they struggle to cope ...

A gifted composer struggles to survive an abusive marriage. The third book of a unique and deeply emotional memoir by a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school when she was twelve years old and isolated from the world. Her simple, honest voice remains the picture of a young and reclusive country wife. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first female great composer, some believing her to be the most gifted composer of all time. This revealing, often disturbing account ...

A cruel mother seeks revenge on her wealthy, reclusive daughter. The fourth book of a unique and deeply emotional memoir by a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school when she was twelve years old and isolated from the world. Her strong, often apocalyptic voice gives a real world account of the unthinkable, of where her mother has been for twenty years, and the unbelievable circumstances of her return. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first female great composer, ...

A widow takes her twelve year old daughter out of school and isolates her from the world. The second book of a unique and deeply emotional memoir by a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school at the end of her fifth grade year and isolated on her mother's farm. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first female great composer, some believing her to be the most gifted composer of all time. Her introverted, poetic voice uncovers the extremes of what happened to a daughter ...

A teenage girl missing for twenty years returns home, looking the same age as when she left. A strange, ghostly glimpse into the life of sixteen year old Caley Littledove, who mysteriously returns to her parent's home one morning after two decades, having not aged a single day. Caley's account is a fascinating detour into the twilight of human history, as she struggles to come to grips with the impossible, and the inexplicable loss of twenty years come and gone. A prisoner of a world slipped forward in time, Caley is haunted by the life of her adopted sister Angela Tao, who was raised in ...

A wealthy mother kills her eighteen year old daughter. A somber, brutal account of mother daughter perversion, as told by female police officer Jeanette Avery. Jeanette’s gloomy, apocalyptic voice is the modern mother daughter dynamic uncovered, and the secrets that flourish in the shadows of cultured civility. Soon after Jeanette befriends a lonely, wealthy eighteen year old girl who is being abused by her mother, the girl is found dead in their mansion home, the victim of an apparent suicide. Though Jeanette suspects that the girl has been murdered, she is powerless to do anything to ...

Two female vampires crave the blood of innocent young girls and women. A deeply disturbing glimpse at the darkest side of humanity, as told through the lives of Iris and Anya Greenwood, two women who live as a prosperous suburban married couple. Iris is the portrait of a woman tortured by dark instinct, held prisoner by a private lust and craving for the unspeakable. Hidden in a wealthy suburb of Richmond, Virginia, Iris and Anya have accepted the fullness of who they are, and the terrifying acts they must perform in secret to survive. Burdened by generations of darkness and hidden ...

A backwoods Pentecostal abuses her daughters in rural Arkansas. A sobering and brutal account from the end of the age, as told by sixteen year old Bridgette Parker, daughter of Kay Parker. Bridgette’s bleak, melancholy vision is a picture in twilight and darkness, born from the heart of merciless evil uncovered. Raised by their widowed mother alone, Bridgette and her 13 year old sister Alexia struggle to endure the unspeakable, hidden away in the tiny farming community of Hazelnut, Arkansas. As they cope with their mother’s growing fanaticism, the two girls draw strength from one ...

A suburban mother is haunted by the ghost of a young pioneer girl. A frightening glimpse at dark truth from the end of the age, as told by Diane Livingston Crane, divorced mother of twelve year old Jennifer Crane. Diane’s disturbing, ghostly account is a revelation of mother daughter abuse unrestrained, and a terrifying curse born a century ago. When her daughter suddenly dies in a mysterious accident, Diane flees her suburban home in Martin County, to her wealthy sister’s Victorian mansion in Plymouth, North Carolina. As Diane copes with her daughter’s death, she is confronted by ...

An abused woman is the greatest composer who ever lived. A unique and deeply emotional memoir by a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school when she was twelve years old and isolated from the world. Her simple, honest voice is the picture of a young and reclusive country wife. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first female great composer, some believing her to be the most gifted composer of all time. If the years with her mother and husband are all considered, Carmen...

In 1883 Kansas, a female bounty hunter is the greatest rifle shot who ever lived. An honest and brutal account of sharpshooter Lula Belle Johnson, daughter of a U.S. Marshall, as told by her younger sister Annabelle Lee Johnson. Anna Lee’s vivid, poetic voice is a picture from the age of dust and death come and gone, and depravities born from the shadows of the human heart and soul. Bound by revenge over her father’s death, Lula Belle becomes the most feared and notorious bounty hunter in American history. Her sister’s bleak, apocalyptic vision is filtered through her lonely, ...

A controversial religious play depicts Christ as a woman. A unique and disturbing glimpse at violence and fanaticism, as told by wealthy suburban mother Mary Sweet, whose daughter was murdered after staging the controversial Passion Play. Mary's voice is a lonely, ghostly portrait of a mother struggling to come to terms with her daughter's death, while dealing with the breakup of her twenty five year marriage. Left to raise her youngest daughter alone, Mary surveys suburban life with unearthly insight, recalling the strange and tragic events surrounding her oldest daughter's murder. Mary ...

Mysterious snowstorms threaten the entire earth’s population. A bleak and gloomy account from the end of the age, as told by seventeen year old Belinda Freeman, who was a child of ten when the strange, worldwide snowstorms first began. Belinda’s ominous, apocalyptic voice is the portrait of a young girl imprisoned by fear and impending doom. Snowbound in their upscale community of Prosperity, Vermont, Belinda and her fifteen year old sister Amanda struggle to comfort their widowed mother, who is nearly broken by the years of end-of-the-world fear and grief. As the snow covered outside ...

A billionaire's wife has an affair with another woman. A deeply truthful and dramatic account by a woman named Sarah Bishop, who has an intensely sexual love affair with a struggling young female novelist. Her somber, poetic voice is the portrait of a wealthy mother burdened by upper class loneliness and bitter, private desperation. Crushed by the years of chaos and family discord, Sarah meets beautiful young writer Austria Goldman, whose own desperate and lonely spirit allows the two women a quick and powerful connection. As their love deepens, so to does Sarah's knowledge of Austria's ...