โ Scribed by Griffin, Misty
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The beginning of a nightmare -- Engulfed by a shadow -- Forgotten by the world -- Seasons of sorrow -- Tortured -- A new victim -- Near death -- Face of evil -- The community -- Uniformity: the loss of identity -- The ordnung -- Silenced -- Personal convictions -- Freedom from prosecution -- Ancient traditions -- Forced to forgive -- The baptism -- An Amish wedding -- Wolves in sheep's clothing -- A visit from the FBI -- The bishop's maid -- Poisoned -- Silenced no longer -- Leaving the Amish -- Shunned -- A modern world -- The bishop escapes -- A voice from the past -- Revisiting a childhood nightmare -- Going back for my sister -- The sting of being shunned -- Christmas in Seattle -- The last thirteen years;"When Misty was six years old her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence. Their step-father kept a loaded rifle by the door at all times to make sure the young girls were too terrified to try to escape. They also knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people even knew they existed and did not know them well enough to care. When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members. Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty and sexual abuse. Going to the police was severely frowned upon. A few years later, Misty was sexually assaulted by the bishop. As Misty recalls, "Amish sexual abusers are only shunned by the church for six weeks, a punishment that never seems to work. After I was assaulted by the bishop I knew I had to get help and one freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. After reporting the bishop I left the Amish and found myself plummeted into the strange modern world with only a second-grade education and no ID or social security card. To all abuse survivors out there, please be encouraged, the cycle of abuse can be broken. Today, I am a nursing student working towards my master's degree and a child abuse awareness activist. This is my story.""--Amazon.com.
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