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Finding baby Holly : lost to a cult, surviving my parents' murders, and saved by prayer / Holly Marie ; with Cindy and David Lambert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Worthy Publishing, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781546006442
  • 1546006443
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Contents:
Prologue: What was found in the forest -- Part I: Found -- The drive-through window ; At first sight ; Part II: Dreams and destinations -- First encounters ; Arrivals, departures, and detours ; Part III: Missing pieces -- Sister Susan and the red AMC Concord ; An unexpected daughter ; In the wind ; Part IV: Becoming Holly Marie -- Growing up McGoldrick ; In search of my birth parents ; The stories we tell ourselves ; Running on empty ; Turn of the tide ; Finding home ; Part V: The cold case -- Deciphering the code ; But where's the baby? ; Friends in high places ; A place to grieve ; Part VI: Making peace with mystery -- The big reveal ; The greatest treasure ; God's fingerprints ; Living with mystery.
Summary: "At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own. When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed her that she had a large family in Florida who had been searching for her for over forty years, Holly's past became the reality of her present, and she began the sometimes painful journey of discovering the truth about her origins: her parents had been brutally murdered, their case still unsolved. With the help of law enforcement across four states, forensic genealogists, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her newly discovered family members, the missing pieces began to come together. Except these--why had her parents been murdered? And who had murdered them? She soon found out that the truth leads not always to answers but sometimes to more questions, that it also brings healing and restoration, and that we must surrender our unknowns to God until, in His perfect timing, all truths are revealed"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing.



At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own.



When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed her that she had a large family in Florida who had been searching for her for over 40 years, Holly's past became the reality of her present, and she began the sometimes painful journey of discovering the truth about her origins: Her parents had been brutally murdered, their case still unsolved.



With the help of law enforcement across four states, forensic genealogists, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her newly discovered family members, the missing pieces began to come together. Except these-- why had her parents been murdered? And who had murdered them? She soon found out that the truth leads not always to answers but sometimes to more questions, that it also brings healing and restoration, and that we must surrender our unknowns to God until, in His perfect timing, all truths are revealed.



Finding Baby Holly is the true, inspiring story of a wife and mother who was "missing" for over forty years after her parents' murders, the persistent detectives who never stopped investigating, and the birth family who never lost hope in finding her.



Prologue: What was found in the forest -- Part I: Found -- The drive-through window ; At first sight ; Part II: Dreams and destinations -- First encounters ; Arrivals, departures, and detours ; Part III: Missing pieces -- Sister Susan and the red AMC Concord ; An unexpected daughter ; In the wind ; Part IV: Becoming Holly Marie -- Growing up McGoldrick ; In search of my birth parents ; The stories we tell ourselves ; Running on empty ; Turn of the tide ; Finding home ; Part V: The cold case -- Deciphering the code ; But where's the baby? ; Friends in high places ; A place to grieve ; Part VI: Making peace with mystery -- The big reveal ; The greatest treasure ; God's fingerprints ; Living with mystery.

"At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own. When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed her that she had a large family in Florida who had been searching for her for over forty years, Holly's past became the reality of her present, and she began the sometimes painful journey of discovering the truth about her origins: her parents had been brutally murdered, their case still unsolved. With the help of law enforcement across four states, forensic genealogists, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her newly discovered family members, the missing pieces began to come together. Except these--why had her parents been murdered? And who had murdered them? She soon found out that the truth leads not always to answers but sometimes to more questions, that it also brings healing and restoration, and that we must surrender our unknowns to God until, in His perfect timing, all truths are revealed"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 263).

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