Jackson, author of Let Me Hear a Rhyme and Monday's Not Coming Jane Anonymous isn't your average thriller, it's full of heart and determination.' - Tiffany D. 'An engrossingly tense yet tender story that digs deep. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author It will scare you, intrigue you, and keep you up reading way too late.' - C.C. 'This engrossing confessional is both heartbreaking and hopeful.' - Booklist 'A story about lingering trauma, loss, and the journey toward healing, this gripping crime novel could be a documentary from the Investigation Discovery channel.

'Stolarz ups the psychological ante.the depth of psychological intrigue is absorbing, and the twist on Stockholm syndrome disturbing.this novel is a testament to how the mind can reshape reality in order to survive.Powerfully graphic.' - Kirkus, Starred Review Kirkus 2020 Best Young Adult Books of the Year YALSA 2021 Quick Picks for Reluctant ReadersĢ021 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee YALSA 2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee How far will I have to go to uncover the truth of what happened-and will it break me forever? I don’t believe he wasn’t really there and I’m determined to find him. But I distinctly remember the screams, holding hands with Mason through a hole in my wall, and sharing a chocolate bar. When I ask the detectives assigned to my case about Mason, I get an answer I don’t believe-that there were no traces of any other kidnapped kids. So I start my own form of therapy-but writing about my experience awakens uncomfortable memories, ones that should’ve stayed buried. Therapists are clueless and condescending. But they don’t understand that dining out and shopping trips can’t heal what’s broken inside me. Now that I’m home, my parents and friends want everything to be like it was before I left. But when that day finally came, I had to leave him behind. My only solace was Mason-one of the other kidnapped teens-and our pact to one day escape together. The last time I saw the face of my abductor was when he dragged me fighting from the trunk of his car.

I received meals, laundered clothes, and toiletries through a cat door, never knowing if it was day or night. Locked in a room with a bed, refrigerator, and adjoining bathroom, I was instructed to eat, bathe, and behave. Now adapted as a fiction podcast series from FictionZ and Apple, starring Mina Sindwall ( Lost in Space)!īestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz’s thrilling novel Jane Anonymous is a revelatory confessional of a seventeen-year-old girl’s fight to escape a kidnapper-and her struggles to connect with loved ones and a life that no longer exists.

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