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Chasing Unicorns
Carl Rutherford is an award-winning businessman. He’s a respected member of the community, a board member on a number of prominent construction companies. His friends include the mayor, the police commissioner and several high-profile senators. Carl is also a pedophile. Chasing Unicorns is the journey of Carl’s victims and how they survived, barely managing to cling to sanity. Carl is arrested and brought before the courts. He is confronted by his victims, each of whom has struggled to come to terms with the abuse. During the judicial process, the four women unite and march together to seek justice. Jade, Ruby, Katie and Lizzie form strong bonds and lasting friendships. Can they win against such a rich and influential man?
312 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2005
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Roni Askey-Doran
11 books7 followersTasmanian born Roni Askey-Doran has spent her life seeking adventure, happiness and inner peace. A gypsy at heart, Roni has a wonderful sense of humor which shines through in all her work. Filled with passion, powered by her desire to tell her stories using vivid lexiconic imagery, Roni loves to share her experiences.
Roni has traveled through 46 countries over the past three and a half decades. Despite her nomadic lifestyle, she is an accomplished chef, a talented wordsmith, an avid gardener, and her wandering feet dance to more than one beat.
Roni currently resides in a bamboo shack on a remote beach in South America with five cats, two opossums, a non-venomous Granadilla snake, some tree frogs, a large green iguana and several species of tropical birds and butterflies. A large huntsman spider named Horacio lives in her bathroom. She’s addicted to bananas, loves to cook fresh seafood with coconuts, is passionate about her tropical garden, and makes her own chocolate.
If you are interested in supporting Roni as an author and artist, see her profile on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/booksbyroni
Roni has traveled through 46 countries over the past three and a half decades. Despite her nomadic lifestyle, she is an accomplished chef, a talented wordsmith, an avid gardener, and her wandering feet dance to more than one beat.
Roni currently resides in a bamboo shack on a remote beach in South America with five cats, two opossums, a non-venomous Granadilla snake, some tree frogs, a large green iguana and several species of tropical birds and butterflies. A large huntsman spider named Horacio lives in her bathroom. She’s addicted to bananas, loves to cook fresh seafood with coconuts, is passionate about her tropical garden, and makes her own chocolate.
If you are interested in supporting Roni as an author and artist, see her profile on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/booksbyroni
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November 29, 2014
A story of three women and the tragic events that connects them. Chasing unicorns is about the victims of a pedophile. The story begins with one of his victims (his own step daughter) attempting to take her life. Luckily she survives and with the help of a friendly detective, starts to take action against her step father. During this time the detective happens across another victim who is working as a prostitute. As the book unfolds the reader realizes the pedophile actually has a 14 year old girl captive. The book is extremely well written and deals with such a delicate issue with the respect and tenderness it deserves. These are stories that need to be told but be warned the book is graphic and can be uncomfortable for some. I would highly recommend it.
November 21, 2014
30% Of the way through!
This is a story of victims of a paedophile and how they have managed to survive what has happened to them. The paedophile was effectively the step dad of one of the victims and the story starts with her trying to end her life.
The download I have received has downloaded the book properly and the format is poor for example one sentence over two to three paragraphs and also no proper chapters etc.
In respect to the story it has taken me two or three days to get this far and that is quite slow for me. This is because the book has a slow start setting the scene and the book slowly builds and weaves in the additional stories of the other girls.
100% Of the way through!
Wow I can't believe how quickly I read the second two thirds of this book, I ma writing this less than twenty-four hours after the first part of this review.
The pace of the story suddenly picks up momentum in this part of the book and the individual stories start to come together. The author does this by introducing the characters to each other an they start building relationships by sharing their experiences and this helps then develop a united front later in the book. You can feel their combined strength and as a reader, I was warming to them without really knowing them as their characters are kept at a distance. I was as as their character and then looking in from the outside at a distance!
I think subconsciously you know how the story is going to end but that doesn't really matter as the book is a story about how the characters get there and the journey of these four women who the story centres around and its about their coming of age at the same time at different stages in their lives.
This book talks and discusses strong and emotive issues, which can be hard hitting. The book is written very delicately but gets the authors message across. I did however find the first third of the book a struggle to read at times, but I think personally its worth sticking with, especially for the second two thirds of the book.
This book is a must read!
This is a story of victims of a paedophile and how they have managed to survive what has happened to them. The paedophile was effectively the step dad of one of the victims and the story starts with her trying to end her life.
The download I have received has downloaded the book properly and the format is poor for example one sentence over two to three paragraphs and also no proper chapters etc.
In respect to the story it has taken me two or three days to get this far and that is quite slow for me. This is because the book has a slow start setting the scene and the book slowly builds and weaves in the additional stories of the other girls.
100% Of the way through!
Wow I can't believe how quickly I read the second two thirds of this book, I ma writing this less than twenty-four hours after the first part of this review.
The pace of the story suddenly picks up momentum in this part of the book and the individual stories start to come together. The author does this by introducing the characters to each other an they start building relationships by sharing their experiences and this helps then develop a united front later in the book. You can feel their combined strength and as a reader, I was warming to them without really knowing them as their characters are kept at a distance. I was as as their character and then looking in from the outside at a distance!
I think subconsciously you know how the story is going to end but that doesn't really matter as the book is a story about how the characters get there and the journey of these four women who the story centres around and its about their coming of age at the same time at different stages in their lives.
This book talks and discusses strong and emotive issues, which can be hard hitting. The book is written very delicately but gets the authors message across. I did however find the first third of the book a struggle to read at times, but I think personally its worth sticking with, especially for the second two thirds of the book.
This book is a must read!
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