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Summary: The System Failed Steven Stayner
Review: This is a really heartwrenching book. Although I could do without some of the details used to explain the sexual abuse, but I suppose to get a full understanding of what little Stevie went through it was neccessary in some parts.The books chronicles right before the kidnapping, when the family was still living in the ranch, until Steven tragically died in 1989. You'll feel Steven's pain as Steve, Parnell himself and other people tell of the seven years in which Parnell treated Steven like a sex slave. Even when Steven is returned to his parents, his pain doesn't stop. The book doesn't chronicle much of this-just outlines a few things and doesn't give any specifics. That is the only thing the book was lacking-it tells that Steven had a rough time getting back in a family fold,but otherwise just skims upon the subject. The movie helps you get a view of this, though. All in all, a very good book. Steven, collectively, only got to spend roughly 16 years with his family..He left behind a killer brother, 3 sisters, a wife and 2 children (Steven and Ashley).
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Summary: I know my first name is Steven
Review: Undeniably a story that will stay with you forever.
A remarkable and at the same time hard to believe story that will tug at your heart strings for a long time to come.
It is almost unfathomable to understand the pain and anguish that the parents of this young man went through, then and in the future. Hard to put down read.
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