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Gallery Books, September 2009
Hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1439131503
ISBN-13: 9781439131503
Description
The haunting and inspiring true story of a California reporter who adopts the family of abuse victims she’s covering—risking her job, and possibly her life.
On March 12, 2004, Marcus Wesson murdered nine of his seventeen children. To date, it is the worst mass murder in Fresno, California’s history. None of the children was allowed to go to school, go on a date, ride a bike, or play with friends. They lived in a social and emotional prison of their father’s creation, a prison that included decades-long physical, sexual, and mental abuse.
After being assigned to investigate the murders, FOX News reporter Alysia Sofios covered all aspects of the trial and conducted in-depth interviews with the remaining members of the Wesson family, quickly learning that the surviving female family members had nowhere to go and no one to help them. Torn between her journalistic objectivity and her personal desire to help these women, Sofios risked her job by taking them into her home and helping integrate them into society. Here, for the first time, Wesson’s wife and six of his surviving children tell their brutally honest account of what it was like growing up in the Wesson household and how they survived this life-altering ordeal.
Powerful, riveting, and truly a remarkable story, Into the Sun is a unique and intimate look at the resilience of the human spirit.
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How did you come to write this book?
While working as a TV reporter in Fresno, I covered the worst mass murder in the city's history; a father who killed nine of his children during a standoff with police. After learning the surviving family members had nowhere to go, I moved some of them into my home. Over the next few years, we went on a life-changing journey together that gave us all hope for the future. Now, we feel it's time to share our inspirational story with everyone.
North County Times, September 20, 2009
...The Naked Truth: Overweight, Overwhelmed and Confused' (Infinity Publishing, $36.95), a guide to getting and staying fit. Caitlin Rother of San Diego has co-written Alysia Sofios' memoir, 'Where Hope Begins: One Family's Journey Out of ...
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