In April 1998, Debra Puglisi Sharp, wife, nurse, and mother was in her garden when a factory worker with a cocaine habit slipped in through an open door, raped her, put her his trunk, took her home with him, hogtied her and kept her captive for five days. He shot and killed her husband Nino before she came inside. Debra learned of Nino's murder by hearing it on the radio. That gave her the strength to loosen her ties, find a phone and call 911.
Struggling to heal from her horrendous ordeal and the devastating loss of her husband, Debra also had to endure an agonizing court trial, her children's grief, and her own crippling fear. But through her work in hospice care and as an advocate for victims of violence and trauma, she slowly recovered and rebuilt her life. This memoir represents her attempt to make sense of a senseless crime.
304 pages
