TY - BOOK AU - Olsen,Gregg AU - Ramsland,Katherine M. TI - If you tell: a true story of murder, family secrets, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood SN - 9781542005234 U1 - 364.152 OLS 2019 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Seattle, Washington PB - Thomas & Mercer KW - Knotek, Michelle, KW - Sisters KW - Washington (State) KW - Raymond KW - Case studies KW - Child abuse KW - Murder KW - Psychological abuse KW - Child Abuse KW - Homicide KW - TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers KW - Victims of domestic violence KW - True crime stories N2 - "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. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother's dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders. Harrowing and heartrending, If You Tell is a survivor's story of absolute evil--and the freedom and justice that Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for. Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the darkness that made them the resilient women they are today--loving, loved, and moving on." -- ER -