# Cellar Girl

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- Authors: [Josefina Rivera](https://www.bookquiver.com/josefina-rivera)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2014-01-30

## Description

'I stood there for a moment, silently speaking to myself: Josefina, you will survive this. You are strong. You are a fighter. You adapt.' As a young mum-of-three, Josefina Rivera was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women Josefina was held captive in a cellar where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfil Heidnik’s desire of creating a ‘family’ of ten children. Cellar Girl is the shocking but ultimately inspiring story of how one brave, young woman saved herself and others from a life worse than hell.

## Editions

### Cellar Girl

- Publisher: ebury_press
- ISBN: 978-00-9195-571-7
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2014-01-30
- Language: en_GB