Gemma
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Meg Tilly.
Publisher: Syren Book Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Sexually abused children -- Fiction.; Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: After Hazen Wood kidnaps 12 year-old Gemma Sullivan, the two embark upon a cross-country journey that tests the limits of Gemma's endurance. In graphic scenes of physical and sexual violence, Hazen tries to destroy the young girl's will. It is only Gemma's childlike resilience and fertile imagination that protect her from the worst of the abuse she suffers. And in the end, the healing power of unconditional love gives Gemma the courage to speak out against her abuser at last.