A Serial Killer's Daughter- My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson

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What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer?In 2005, Kerri Rawson opened the door of her apartment to greet an FBI agent who shared the shocking news that her father had been arrested for murdering ten people, including two children. That's also when she first learned that her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he'd given himself that described the horrific way he committed his crimes- bind, torture, kill. As news of his capture spread, the city of Wichita celebrated the end of a thirty-one-year nightmare. For Kerri Rawson, another was just beginning. In the weeks and years that followed, Kerri was plunged into a black hole of horror and disbelief. The same man who had been a loving father, a devoted husband, church president, Boy Scout leader, and a public servant had been using their family as a cover for his heinous crimes since before she was born. Everything she had believed about her life had been a lie. Written with candor and extraordinary courage, A Serial Killer's Daughter is an unflinching exploration of life with one of America's most infamous killers and an astonishing tale of personal and spiritual transformation. A Serial Killer's Daughter will give you the encouragement you need to learn how to-Pick up the pieces of your life when everything falls apartBegin to heal from the long-lasting effects of violenceTrust.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimension- 5.4" W x 8.2" H x 0.9" D
    • Genre- True Crime
    • Publisher- Nelson, Thomas, Inc., Publication date- 02-18-2020
    • Page count- 336
    • ISBN- 9781400221004

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2 years ago
from MA

Disappointing

BTK-daughter) There is not much about the personality of the serial killer or how he hid this from his family. im only 100 pages in and struggling to finish reading this book.

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2 years ago
from Canada

Extremely Mindblowing

I had the audiobook of this exact book and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Imagine yourself growing up being the daughter to one of North America’s most highly profiled SK’s and having to live through the agony of knowing he’s in your radar this entire time…. Just wow. My god. Kerri speaks of her trauma and her willingness to educate others so eloquently and with such accuracy it’s almost haunting. Everything she said in this book, was sending tingling sensations up and down my spine, repeatedly. Excellent writing, beautiful book and I recommend it highly to any true crime sleuths.

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2 years ago
from St. Paul, MN

3+ light-giving stars

“’The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.’” What happens when your world is shattered by the news your dad was arrested as a serial killer? …the guy you went hiking and camping with, a normal seeming neighborhood dad. Kerri Rawson does and excellent job of sharing her answer to the horrible circumstances she found herself in. The book is honest with devastating emotions and mental health issues. Many authors would have added graphic details to the story. The initials BTK stand for bind, torture, kill. I appreciated that Kerri Rawson took a high road approach and focused on healing from the trauma of her dad’s arrest. I think it’s important to know that the story focuses on love, hope, and overcoming. Rawson’s Christian testimony and inclusion of Bible verses are a way for the devastating choices her dad made (and is in solitary confinement for the rest of his life) to let in bits of light in after the horrifying crimes and the devastation wreaked on eight families. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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3 years ago
from VANCOUVER B.C CANADA

Terrible and boring

Read the book in 4 sessions spanning 2 days and im regretting it all. I thought the unspeakable atrocities her father committed were savage unbearable to read and disgusting to comprehend an individual such as this existed It's as if the daughter said to the father, " Hold my beer and read this book I write. " She took 4 whole years to learn how to write apparently and should have taken much longer. This book in existence is a waste entirely. I have no idea how a publisher read these scrawlings and thought it was good. No idea. She labels herself quite often as a "survivor." Did she suffer through reading the book aswell? I ask myself. Her childhood had nil troubles. No more than myself or anyone else. She parlays murders to her family events as if the significance is there. It's not there is none. This killer did not mix home life with his fantasies and it shows she had quite a normal life until her regrettable papsmear at university which changed everyone's life in her family. The fact a family member of a serial killer is financially profiting off her fathers name is sickening. She acts like some glorified victim, an aged speaker with countless experience of tragedy. Reality is, she's the victim of a cut and scrape procedure that now uses her father's name to profit her existence. After you see past that she bores you to death while she talks about God. you realise as I did the epiphany: Just in general its a complete waste of a time to read this book.

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3 years ago
from CT

Not at all as it is described.

Got 50 pages in and decided to stop reading. this is suppose to be a memoir by the BTK killers daughter about coming to terms with his crimes and the aftermath but all I got was a choppy time line, Poorly written back little to no explanation of who people are and the angst of a teenage girl questioning wether she believes in god or not. All the murders were glazed over. This is very much a Christian awakening memoir and not at all true crime. Unfortunately I couldn’t return it because I stamped it with my library stamp already. Will be waiting to stamp until I read things in the future. Worst $20 I’ve spent.

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5 years ago

Highly recommend, must read!!!!

I highly recommend this book for anybody who loves reading about and is into studying serial killers, true crime, the criminal mind, etc. I must tell you if you do purchase this the first 3 parts take place in her childhood growing and it’s really sad and powerful, now starting in part 4 is where he is arrested and the aftermath of the case. It’s a really powerful read and you’ll even be surprised at a lot of parts in her childhood and her as an adult. Now i wanna read more true crime books like this written by serial killers children!! Again highly recommend to anyone!!!

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