Stolen: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 1538735423
- ISBN-13
- 9781538735428
- Series
- Stolen
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-07-20
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Author
- Elizabeth Gilpin
Description
A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever. The nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical survival. After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and was released. In this eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and—years later—how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2020-12-01
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- 37 Ink
-
- 2019-10-15
- 336 pages
- Ebook
- Simon and Schuster
Similar books
-
Stolen
By Lucy ChristopherSTOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.
-
Stolen
By Elizabeth GilpinAn actress and producer, who suffered from crippling, undiagnosed depression in her teens, recounts her harrowing experience of psychological manipulation and abuse at a "therapeutic" boarding school where every moment was a test of ...
-
Stolen Innocence: Triumphing Over a Childhood Broken by Abuse: A Memoir
By Erin MerrynThe young author, a victim of sexual abuse by her cousin which began when she was eleven-years-old, tells of her journey from pain and confusion to inner strength and forgiveness.
-
Stolen Children
By Peg KehretFourteen-year-old Amy's excitement over her first babysitting job ends when she and her three-year-old charge are kidnapped, but a daily videorecording sent to little Kendra's parents allows Amy to send clues, in hopes of being rescued ...
-
Stolen Remains
By Christine TrentI have only tried to get to the bottom of what happened to your father-in-law and brother-in-law, as your hus- band asked me to do.” “No! The only request Stephen made of you was to find Cedric's body. We needed it back before anyone ...
-
Stolen
By Lesley PearseWho on earth is she? And where is her baby? Stolen is a riveting, nail-biting story of a young woman desperately trying to recover her past and make sense of the woman she used to be.
-
Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
By Marjorie Weinman SharmatNate the Great investigates the mysterious disappearance of the purple plastic octopus that his baseball team uses for second base.
-
The Mystery of the Stolen Painting
By Harper Paris"In Paris, France, twins Ethan and Ella must find a stolen painting and a secret bakery without giving themselves away"--
-
Prayers for the Stolen
By Jennifer Clement'Now we make you ugly,' my mother said.
-
Girl, Stolen
By April HenryWhen an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.