Jim - real life seldom matches the fantasies, but in this
case it seems to do.
Geir
> Geir,
>
> Re your response to Mr. Sallis's comment
below:
>
> > I'm very happy to know
> > there's more ahead
> > from your pen. But
> >
> > > a woman who was abducted at age 8 and kept
in a
> > box beneath her
> > > abductor's bed. Now an adult, she's become
a
> > wonderful person.
> >
> > seems a little far-fetched to me. I'm sure you
get
> > away with it, and I
> > certainly look forward to reading
it.
>
> In fact, Mr. Sallis's proposed plot sounds very
much
> like an actual case that occurred in California
some
> years ago. The real-life victim was 20 when she
was
> kidnapped, but she was kept a captive for 7 years,
and
> much of that time she was imprisoned in a
box
> underneath her abductor's waterbed.
>
> Christine McGuire, who prosecuted the kidnapper,
wrote
> a book about the case called PERFECT VICTIM
with
> journailst Carla Norton. You can find out more
about
> the book at:
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440204429/qid=1076179196/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8874465-4763027?v=glance&s=books
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