Dani's Story
eBook - ePub

Dani's Story

A Journey from Neglect to Love

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dani's Story

A Journey from Neglect to Love

About this book

The story that captivated a nation?how a horribly neglected little girl was rescued by her loving adoptive parents

In July 2005, a six-year-old girl named Danielle was removed from her Florida home after authorities found her living in bug-ridden squalor, subjected to horrific neglect and so damaged by her own mother that recovery seemed hopeless. But hope was waiting for Dani?and help. In October 2007, Bernie and Diane Lierow, a hard-working couple with five boys of their own, adopted her and utterly transformed her life. This book tells the moving story of how the Lierows rescued Dani and helped her recover to the point where she can not only communicate, something once thought impossible, but can say of herself, "I pretty."

  • Dani's story was featured on Oprah and the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning article published by the St. Petersburg Times
  • The Lierows describe their struggle to adopt Dani, how they bonded with her and made a home for her, how they satisfied her craving for contact and stimuli, how Dani began to overcome her severe learning disabilities, how she learned she no longer had to steal food, and how their son Willie may be the greatest brother ever
  • For readers who enjoyed Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope; Hope's Boy; and Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood

Charting a perilous journey from hardship to hope, a new family, and a second chance at life, Dani's Story is a book you cannot put down and will never forget.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Planting the Seed
  8. Chapter 2: Seeking
  9. Chapter 3: The Girl in the Photo
  10. Chapter 4: The Feral Child
  11. Chapter 5: Meeting Danielle
  12. Chapter 6: Falling through the Cracks
  13. Chapter 7: Nowhere Child
  14. Chapter 8: Into the System
  15. Chapter 9: Truth and Consequences
  16. Chapter 10: Butterflies Are Free
  17. Chapter 11: All in Good Time
  18. Chapter 12: Step by Step
  19. Chapter 13: Meet the Family
  20. Chapter 14: Hello Kitty
  21. Chapter 15: Ready, Set, Go
  22. Chapter 16: One Step Backward
  23. Chapter 17: Two Steps Ahead
  24. Chapter 18: T.J. Bearytales
  25. Chapter 19: Pedal, Pedal, Pedal!
  26. Chapter 20: Dani
  27. Chapter 21: Baby’s First Christmas
  28. Chapter 22: Tennessee
  29. Chapter 23: The Public Eye
  30. Chapter 24: Big Brother
  31. Chapter 25: Home
  32. Epilogue
  33. Acknowledgments