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A Look at Private Tragedy in the Public Eye
Benbella Books
October 2015
On Sale: September 22, 2015
206 pages ISBN: 1941631606 EAN: 9781941631607 Kindle: B013AJE7HY Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Imagine losing a loved one in the public
eye.
A media frenzy ensues and spreads your
family name through the news. Reporters ambush you, and
across the country, strangers gossip about your personal
loss.
Welcome to the circus.
No one
understands better than Kim Goldman the complex emotions of
individuals suffering a personal tragedy under the
relentless gaze of the media. During the famed O.J. Simpson
trial, Kim, whose brother, Ron Goldman, was brutally
murdered, became the public poster child for victims
suffering in the public eye.
In Media Circus,
Goldman, now a dedicated victims’ advocate who works with
families across the country, presents the first collective
look at these ordinary, grieving victims—forced to manage
their very private trauma and despair in a very public
way.
Through candid interviews and detailed, original
reporting, Media Circus delivers riveting,
humanizing, and inspiring stories from the victims and
survivors of violent crimes who found themselves the focus
of national media attention. Its heartfelt narratives
showcase the unique challenges of coping with and healing
from grief when the whole world is watching.
In these
pages, the families of other victims tell their stories,
including: Esaw And Emerald Garner, wife and daughter of
police brutality victim Eric Garner (2014) Scarlett
Lewis, mother of six-year-old Newtown tragedy victim Jesse
Lewis (2012) Debra Tate, sister of Charles Manson murder
victim Sharon Tate (1969) Judy Shepard, mother of gay
hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard (1998) Mildred
Muhammad, ex-wife of the DC Sniper (2002) Tere Duperrault
Fassbender, survivor of family’s brutal murder at sea
(1961) Collene Campbell, sister of murdered NASCAR driver
Mickey Thompson (1988) Marie Monville, wife of the Amish
Shooter (2006) Dave And Mary Neese, parents of teen
murder victim Skylar Neese (2012) Scott And Kathleen
Larimer, parents of Aurora theater shooting victim John
Larimer, and Shirley Wygal, mother of Aurora theater
shooting victim Rebecca Wingo (2012)
Media
Circus goes beyond the names and faces to show the real
victims behind the stories.
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