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The author tells the story of a mother's struggle to free her five year old daughter from a sexual predator, the child's own father. It is a story precipitated by the emotional pain of a five year old child who has been living a nightmare at her father's hands, courtesy of the New York Family Court system. The shocking subject matter is handled with great sensitivity by the author.
The impact that this all has on the child, her mother, and, ultimately, her friends and family is the crux of the story, which moves rapidly along. It is the story of a woman who had it all and risked losing it for the sake of her child. It is a well told tale with a basis in fact. Moreover, the author manages to have a few surprises in store for the reader.
The story is reminiscent of a true life drama that hit the news a number of years ago, when a Dr. Elizabeth Morgan was held in civil contempt and jailed for over two years for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter, Hilary. She was driven by the fear that Hilary's father, Dr. Eric Foretich, whom she had accused of sexually molesting the child, would be given access to the child. Dr. Morgan's parents had taken Hilary to another country, so that the child could live a life free of her alleged sexual predator.
If this true life drama is of interest, then you will, undoubtedly, enjoy reading "Puppet Child". The book is an indictment of the New York Family Court system and a cry for justice for all children who are at the mercy of a sexual predator within their own family.
However, Wes is a pro at the game of illusion and quickly has the child welfare and legal system participants believing he is an innocent victim of a maniac whom never recovered from giving birth. As Ellie's behavior worsens, Rachel turns desperate to keep her baby safe from a pediophile who makes Machiavelli look like an amateur especially with Judge McGillian leaning towards giving full custody of Ellie to her publicly smooth father in Belmore vs. Belmore.
This work is simplistic in terms of the characters as Wes is a predator manipulating the public relations process and the child welfare and legal systems while Rachel is an emotional wreck making errors as she learns the needed game to protect Ellie. The impact of the abuse and the court case are described on several levels, but especially the aftermath on the child as seen through the distraught filter of the mother. PUPPET CHILD is a powerful modern day social tale that pulls no punches as Talia Carner wastes no words to describe the pediophile and his clever machinations and the desperation of a lioness to keep her cub safe from a jungle of knowing do-gooders. This book is a powerhouse that opens ones eyes to the evil around them.
Harriet Klausner
From the amazing gripping opening to the very end,this reader rooted for Rachel, mother and career woman,and respected her urgency as she battled to keep her daughter away from the horrific sexual abuse by the child's own biological father.
Puppet Child's author Talia Carner tells her story with shattering honesty and compassion...a story that needed to be told!
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