# A Safe Place

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- Book: [A Safe Place](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra/a-safe-place) ([A Safe Place.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra/a-safe-place.md))
- Authors: [Lorenzo Carcaterra](https://www.bookquiver.com/lorenzo-carcaterra)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4538-348-8
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

IT'S TIME YOU KNEW THE TRUTH, ' 'ABOUT YOUR FATHER. ' 'WHAT ABOUT HIM?' 'HIS FIRST WIFE, ' SHE SAID. 'SHE DIDN'T DIE OF CANCER. ' 'HOW DID SHE DIE?' 'HE MURDERED HER. ' At the age of fourteen Lorenzo Carcaterra made a shocking discovery. Behind closed doors he and his mother survived the erratic, violent outbursts of his father. A powerful man, he tempered his rage with affection. To a young boy he was a man to both love and fear. Until Lorenzo learned a shattering fact that forever changed his life. His father was a murderer.