Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

Finding baby Holly, lost to a cult, surviving my parents' murders, and saved by prayer, Holly Marie Miller

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Finding baby Holly

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Holly Marie Miller

lost to a cult, surviving my parents' murders, and saved by prayer

"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..." --Amazon.com

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

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