Violent Acres: Self Imposed Insomnia

by Erik Larson | August 16, 2008 at 04:31 pm
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They called me on a Saturday.

“Please come and get her,” they said, “Please. There’s no one else.”

I turned to my husband. “Absolutely not,” he said.

But when they opened up the evidence folder and showed him the pictures of her broken malnourished body, he relented.

“Well, it is only for a few weeks…”

Inspirational and heart-breaking; the destruction, pain and suffering we human beings wreak on each other, and the power of love, kindness, patience and faith to make a difference in people's lives.

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