If You Tell Book Shelly

Nobody seemed to notice when a live in babysitter vanished from the home of dave and shelly knotek in tiny raymond washington in 1994.

If you tell book shelly. Especially knowing that its a true story. By gregg olsen release date. After more than a decade when sisters nikki sami and tori knotek hear the word mom it claws like an eagle s talons triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood.

I just finished the book and let me tell you its def a hard book to read. If you tell is an astonishing story of survival of three sisters who were raised by a sadistic mother michelle shelly knotek. Although the case received much attention when the crimes were uncovered in 2003 shelly s children nikki sami.

In if you tell gregg olsen documents the horrific mental and physical torture shelly knotek inflicted on everyone in her household. Peterson combines memoir and mentoring as a songwriter storyteller who is personable authentic and encouraging. A true story of three abused sisters who helped put their mother behind bars.

I cried at the thought of that actually happening to those children. Much of what happened in the knotek house will be nearly incomprehensible for those of us raised by nurturing mothers those who made favorite meals on birthdays or sat beside us when we were sick. Knotek s daughters have cooperated in a damning new book if you tell about her.

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She used the classic cycle of abuse then apologies mixed with a hearty dose of gaslighting. Shelly was a master at finding people who were in precarious situations and isolating them in order to abuse them. If you re told that this is for your own good enough you start believing it especially if you re isolated and have nowhere else to go.