Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction [Paperback]

Rosalie Hollingsworth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2009

When Rosalie?s estranged husband first kidnaps their baby daughter, she feels helpless. Franco escapes with their child to his home country of Italy, and the government is not able or willing to intervene. It takes eight months for Rosalie to get Triana back and she?s only able to do that by drugging Franco, and with difficulty, escaping and returning to the United States. She breathes a sigh of relief, thinking that she?ll never lose her daughter again, how wrong she is. Six years later, the unthinkable happens: Franco kidnaps Triana and disappears into the remote jungles of South America. After receiving a letter, Rosalie returns to Rome to meet with her private investigator. She has little to go on, and two years have passed since Triana was taken, but she?ll stop at nothing to find her. Failure is not in Rosalie?s vocabulary. With letter after letter to authorities, she continues to search for her daughter. She is determined to find her child and save her from a sociopath father who subjects his daughter to encounters with death and devastating experiences in Destruction of Innocence.

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About the Author

Rosalie Hollingsworth grew up in Oregon and California. She attended Pierce College where she majored in art design. She currently lives in Texas. She has two daughters, three stepsons and five grandsons. Her memoir, Destruction of Innocence, marks her debut as an author.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse; Revised edition (April 6, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440125023
• ISBN-13: 978-1440125027
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,294,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Page-Turner, July 3, 2009

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LBRIowa - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction (Paperback)

This is a remarkable true story by a first-time author. I was drawn into the story on the first page and hooked on having to know the outcome. This story reads like a tense thriller, and yet the book is filled with quirky facts and even some occasional comic moments, details that could come only from those who had been there and experienced it.

Incredibly although this child was abducted twice and retrieving her seemed more and more remote, her mother never gave up in getting her back. This book made me realize again that truth is often stranger than fiction. I also gained a fresh understanding of the heartache endured by any parent of a "taken" child.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars calcapt, June 26, 2009

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Calcapt "Jay" (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction (Paperback)

When I started reading this book I wanted it to be first rate but wasn't confident it would be. By the time I was on the second page I could hardly put it down. By the time I finished the last page I certainly considered it first rate.
It has all the elements required to hold the reader's intense interest. It is the story of a heroic mother's love for her child, and that mother's persistence in her efforts to retrieve that kidnapped child, not once but twice.
I highly recommend this book to all who like adventure and romance.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling true Story, January 16, 2012

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Tweed Scott - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destruction of Innocence:A True Story of Child Abduction (Kindle Edition)

I have just finished the best book I have read in the past five years! It was written by a Texas friend of mine. It is called 'Destruction of Innocence' by Rosalie White Hollingsworth. It is the compelling, engrossing true story of a courageous young mother's gut-wrenching relentless determination to find her child who was kidnapped by the father...not once but twice! This story lands you in such farfetched locales as Rome to the jungles of Bolivia. This is a bonified page turner. I read it in less than a day. It draws you in and will not let you go. And it's all a true story. There are more twists and turns in this saga than an east Texas county road. It was spell binding! If we're rating with 5 stars, I give it 6! Why this has not become a movie or made for TV show is beyond me. I highly recommend this book.