Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 298

Tonight's special guest is Sue Julsen from Nevada, a survivor and thriver and author of "Bitter Memories." Largely autobiographical, Ms Julsen has chosen to use fictional names so as to protect some of those in the story from the horrors that actually occurred. Abducted by her father when she was three, the book's main character, Sarah, found herself in a world of criminal neglect and unfathomable oppression as her father and stepmother perpetrated more and more horrible acts of verbal, mental and sexual abuse on the innocent girl. So continually terrified was Sarah, that she began to form separate personalities so that she herself did not have to face the hideous reality of her day to day life. The personalities would block out time for Sarah and bear the horror of the experiences. This tale of the author's early life, a life on the run, featuring starvation, fear and molestation, is a truly unnerving and gripping account of the extremes of neglect and mistreatment a child can undergo. "Trophy Murders" is the fictionalized sequel to her first book, and she is currently working on the third book in this series.