Pretty Little Girl – A Liz Roberts Mystery
Laura Bedrosian, 13, is kidnapped and ransomed by her father, Armen, who demands repayment. For the next 20 years, she repays the debt by letting her father have sex with her. Laura is afraid to report the abuse or to take any other action. That is until he contracts Alzheimer's disease. She takes him to a county fair and then abandons him. His only ID is a piece of paper saying "My name is Larry." And with this new freedom, Laura tries to gather the shattered pieces of her past.
Detective Liz Roberts' investigation to find Laura rediscovers long-lost secrets in Liz's past; secrets buried deep within her psyche. (Check out Laura's lament in a free music video, "Ballad of a Pretty Little Girl." available on YouTube.)
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has congratulated the authors and AudioFile Magazine calls it "A realistic account of the challenges faced by those who care for people with dementia... (It) never misses a beat as the tragic picture continually changes... (Readers) will feel as if they're on an emotional roller coaster as the story unravels layer by layer to a most unexpected conclusion."
About Don Canaan (The Villages, Florida Author)
Don Canaan went from a Bronx tenement to success in television news film, immigration to Israel, return to the U.S. and print journalism. He edited news film and documentaries for NBC News in New York, and in 1974 immigrated to Israel as part of a group planning to settle Yamit in the Sinai.
Upon returning to the U.S Canaan became an unemployment statistic because news film had been superseded by videotape. The Ohio State University's School of Journalism came to the rescue with an offer to earn a master's degree while serving as an assistant in its TV news workshop.
Then Canaan was hired as staff writer, copy editor and photographer for The American Israelite where he enterprised many stories. His series, "Jews in Ohio's Prisons: Does Anybody Care?" won first place for best weekly journalism in Ohio from the State of Ohio Bar Association.
About Don Canaan (Co-Author)
Don Canaan went from a Bronx tenement to success in television news film, immigration to Israel, return to the U.S. and print journalism. He edited news film and documentaries for NBC News in New York, and in 1974 immigrated to Israel as part of a group planning to settle Yamit in the Sinai.
Upon returning to the U.S Canaan became an unemployment statistic because news film had been superseded by videotape. The Ohio State University's School of Journalism came to the rescue with an offer to earn a master's degree while serving as an assistant in its TV news workshop.
Then Canaan was hired as staff writer, copy editor and photographer for The American Israelite where he enterprised many stories. His series, "Jews in Ohio's Prisons: Does Anybody Care?" won first place for best weekly journalism in Ohio from the State of Ohio Bar Association.
About Shawn Graves (Co-Author)
