A Beautiful Child: A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit - Hardcover

Birkbeck, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 042519650X ISBN 13: 9780425196502

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2004

Synopsis

Describes the life and death of twenty-year-old Tonya Hughes, killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1990 in Oklahoma City, and the discovery that she had been living with her husband--who had been a federal fugitive who had kidnapped her as a toddler--been raised in a world of systematic torture and abuse, and under another identity had struggled to escape the horror of her life.

About this title

About the Author:

Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of The Quiet Don, Deconstructing Sammy, and A Beautiful Child. His work has been featured in a host of publications including Reader's Digest, Playboy, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and People magazine. He has appeared on a variety of network and cable news programs, including CNN, ABC's 20/20, NBC, CBS, and Investigation Discovery, among others, and was celebrated by the New York Times Book Review for his "killer leads, gripping kickers, and sensational descriptions."

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 042519650X
• ISBN 13: 9780425196502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 297