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Tears of the Silenced

An Amish True Crime Memoir of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Ultimate Survival

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Tears of the Silenced

By: Misty Griffin
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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A true crime memoir: 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 stepfather 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.

Amish sexual abuse: 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."

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Misty E. Griffin (P)2019 Tantor
Abuse Child Abuse Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Parenting & Families Relationships Religious Studies True Crime Memoir Amish Emotionally Gripping Inspiring Childhood Trauma Amish Fiction

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Not the normal book I would listen too but how sad how can anyone suffer so much in a life time, the cruelty of people in the world especially to the young and vulnerable really makes you wonder, this book was so sad. Well done to Misty Griffen for telling her story and always listen to your instincts and report to the the athorities the narrator was first class.

Thoughtful

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Amazing story told by a very brave and fascinating lady. I couldnt stop listening. I highly recommend this inspiration book.

Gripping and harrowing.

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Brilliant narration - think same lady who narrated “where the crawdads sing”... And the story was incredible. Harrowing and shocking at times. Just wished Brian had gotten his comeuppance!

Wow! What a story!

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real emotional rollercoaster. well written well read but in parts I questioned if by AI

couldn't stop listening. so good.

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Nobody or it is claimed nothing is above the law. Religion, politics,wealth, etc. What confuses me most is when an accusation is made against say a priest, a politician, a celebrity that happened 20,30yrs ago is taken seriously and investigated, any accusation relating to the armish Religion is completely disregarded and swept under the carpet for fear of litigation. Nobody or no organisation is exempt from the laws of the country they reside in. if these organisations refused to pay taxes the government would be on them like a ton of bricks. Money matters more than child abuse. How? and WHY?. I dread to think what this world will be like in 100yrs time.

The total desperation of a child

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I listen to books on Audible and,as was said by the author,I found myself shouting out for her to just run.As I neared the end of the book I realised until you are put in certain positions you don’t know how you will react.I want to thank the author for giving the world the insight into the Amish and hope she continues to fulfill her dreams and has a happy and peaceful future.

Remarkable story

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Story kept me interested and engaged throughout, I was hard to stop listening. Sad, painful but also patient and hopeful story.

Hard to pause

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fantastic book, couldn't stop listening. Misty is a very brave lady. so proud of you

brave brave lady

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A really interesting listen. Illuminating about the Amish community and about police reluctance to get involved with issues they cannot easily find proof about.

Interesting and eye opening

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Loved how true it felt the Amish have I think always been a but of jokes but this story brought the people into the story

Amazing listening

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