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A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
Simon and Schuster
April 2007
On Sale: April 17, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 0743296532
EAN: 9780743296533
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography | True Crime
In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a
note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. Today
Ron Ball and I are romantically involved, it read, but I
fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways.
Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems
like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this
obviously has not protected me...
That same spring Janine Latus was struggling to leave her
marriage — a marriage to a handsome and successful man. A
marriage others emulated. A marriage in which she felt she
could do nothing right and everything wrong. A marriage in
which she felt afraid, controlled, inadequate, and trapped. Ten weeks later, Janine Latus had left her marriage. She
was on a business trip to the East Coast, savoring her
freedom, attending a work conference, when she received a
call from her sister Jane asking if she'd heard from Amy.
Immediately, Janine's blood ran cold. Amy was missing. Helicopters went up and search dogs went out. Coworkers and
neighbors and family members plastered missing posters with
Amy's picture across the county. It took more than two
weeks to find Amy's body, wrapped in a tarpaulin and buried
at a building site. It took nearly two years before her
killer, her former boyfriend Ron Ball, was sentenced for
her murder. Amy died in silent fear and pain. Haunted by this, Janine
Latus turned her journalistic eye inward. How, she
wondered, did two seemingly well-adjusted, successful women
end up in strings of physically or emotionally abusive
relationships with men? If I Am Missing or Dead is a heart-
wrenching journey of discovery as Janine Latus traces the
roots of her own— and her sister's — victimization with
unflinching candor. This beautifully written memoir will
move readers from the first to the last page. At once a
confession, a call to break the cycle of abuse, and a
deeply felt love letter to her baby sister, Amy Lynne
Latus, If I Am Missing or Dead is an unforgettable read.
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