Surviving Dirty John by Debra Newell

Surviving Dirty John by Debra Newell

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER — TRUE CRIME Now that articles, podcasts, newsmagazines, and miniseries have had their sensationalistic say, Debra Newell, the one woman who truly knows what it was like to survive “Dirty John” Meehan shares the full story—the reality—with the world for the first time. Debra Newell is nothing if not a survivor. By the time she met John Michael Meehan online, she lived through a near-fatal childhood illness, an attempted rape in her 20s, the traumatic death of her sister at the hands of her brother-in-law, four failed marriages, and a litany of dating disasters. But despite those tragedies, she  seemed to have it all: adoring children, a successful business, a fabulous penthouse apartment.  But there was something missing: the blinding, all-consuming love she first read about to occupy her time in her childhood sickbed. And she thought she found it with John Meehan.  More than a tabloid-ready true-crime expose, Debra’s story is one of trauma, denial, and deception. But it is also a relatable, inspirational, and hopeful story of forgiveness and, most of all,  love. The lengths to which a woman will go to find—and keep—love; the boundaries children and parents cross to protect and save the people they love; the love one must find for oneself;  and the ways the illusion of love can be used to manipulate and hurt.  Told in Debra’s words with the help of New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps, this book is filled with exclusive  stories about Debra and her family, previously unpublished  photos, and the unvarnished, unapologetic, and unbelievable reality of Surviving Dirty John.

M.D., a bestselling investigative journalist and serial killer expert, has written for the New York Times. William Phelps has been on over 100 television shows and is the author of thirty-one nonfiction books. He is one of the stars of Deadly Women and Oxygen's Snapped, Killer Couples, and KillerPost. He created, produced, and starred in the series Dark Minds. He's been dubbed the nation's preeminent authority on the psychology of the female murderer by Radio America. Phelps is able to access the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else, having been touched by tragedy himself through the unsolved death of his sister-in-law. He resides in a agricultural town in Connecticut and may be reached at www.mwilliamphelps.com.

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ISBN 13	9781953295507
ISBN 10	1953295509
Title	Surviving Dirty John
Author	Debra Newell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	BenBella Books
Year published	2021-08-31
Number of pages	312
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