A Safe Place

Description:

The true story of the shocking events preceding Sleepers'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.

subjects: Biography,  Biography & Autobiography,  Case studies,  Family violence,  Fathers and sons,  Italian Americans,  Murder,  Nonfiction,  True Crime,  Murder, new york (state),  Family,  Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.)

People: Lorenzo Carcaterra

Places: Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.),  N.Y.) Hell's Kitchen (New York,  New York,  New York (State)