Have You Seen These Children: A Memoir
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Have You Seen These Children: A Memoir
By (Author) Veronica Slaughter
She Writes Press
She Writes Press
1st October 2020
18th August 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
362.8297092
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
After being abducted from the Philippines and brought to the US by their alcoholic American father in 1959, four young children fight to survive for four long years. Hauled from state to state, hungry and afraid, they endure what they have to in hopes of getting back to their mother. Individually, they are victims; together, they are warriors.
Reviews
Slaughter writes with passion, gracefully offering the delicate details of her parents courtship and the erosion of her own relationship with her father as well as relating the fear and confusion that she and her siblings felt. Her narrative dexterity will hook readers immediately..A poignant account of traumatic childhood memories, resilience, and survival. KIRKUS REVIEWS A harrowing account of the life-long consequences victims of parental abductions experiencemonths, years, even decades after they are reunited with the left-behind parent. The author gives a fi rst-person perspective of what its like to be robbed of the most basic need: access to ones mother. LIZBETH MEREDITH, author of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters Veronica Slaughters words are spellbinding and paint a vivid picture every step of the way throughout her journey. Once you start her book, I dare you to put it down before the end. This is a story of survival, love, and resilience. Reading it, you will laugh and cry, and afterward, you wont be able to get it out of your head. TAMMY L. COIA, president and founder of TLC Writing Retreats
Author Bio
Dr. Veronica Slaughter was born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipino mother in 1951. At eight, she, along with her siblings, were kidnapped by their father and brought to the United States. In spite of her turbulent childhood, she was able to achieve the American Dream through her resilience and determination. In 2017, she retired from her thirty-five-year chiropractic practice in California and moved to the beautiful island of Maui, where she continues to live with her many animals. She has one son; he lives in Northern California, and is the love of her life.
