Books like I know my first name is Steven by Mike Echols
Steven Stayner was taken at age seven when he trusted a man who posed as a reverend. For seven years he was kept in a series of motels and subjected to severe abuse so intense that he lost his sense of identity. Eventually, with the help of another abducted child, Timmy White, he managed a daring escape. This true story illustrates the brutal reality of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and the resilience required to reclaim one’s life.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Mike Echols
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