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Title: Finding Daddy

Subtitle: A Memoir of a Murder, Survival, and a 911 Operator's Worst Nightmare

Author: Sheila Hanna-Wiles

Narrator: Diane Lehman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-17

Publisher: Beacon Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

On the first day of school, 10-year-old Jeffrey and his six-year-old brother, Tyler, climbed out of the school bus at the foot of their driveway, walking into their home, excited about the first day of school. Instantly, their anticipation for the family back-to-school celebration turned to horror as they found their father murdered, stabbed and shot in a laundry room awash with blood. With a rush of adrenaline and terror, Jeffrey hid his younger brother, huddled behind the couch, and called 911 where his mother had worked for years as a dedicated telecommunicator.

The boys survived that day and their widowed mother fought to raise her family, but the horror, fear, and grief haunted them for years. In Finding Daddy, the boys, turned young men, describe their journey from the terrifying moment they found their father, through the 911 call and on to the courageous years that would follow with their mother at the helm, guiding their survival.

Told by public-safety telecommunications professional Sheila Hanna-Wiles, Finding Daddy is the inspiring true story of reconciling grief, overcoming fear, and looking within to discover the character necessary to fight and move forward in the memory of a father and a husband taken too soon.

In a rare ironic turn, listeners will journey with a 911 professional as that daily call becomes her own. The most daunting part of telecommunications is wondering what happened to the people saved in their most critical moments. Finding Daddy brings listeners back to the beginning and then to the inspiring ending of a mother and two sons who traversed the impossible to a healed life.

(With the assistance of Katie Clark Vecchio)

Members Reviews:

Great read

Well written.

Finding Daddy

Unfortunately after waiting such a long time to purchase this book. I was extremely disappointed. The book would have been better as a novel. The only true crime aspect was the murder of the father. Then versus going into anymore details such as what they did to search for the killer/killers,how did he really die,did he fight his killer, etc there was nothing written! I am happy that the two boys seem to be doing ok and that the wife has found other good man but why no resolution to what occurred or why it happened, in the death of the husband!

Please read!

I was a dispatcher for 22 years. In that time I was privileged to take a class taught by Sheila Hanna-Wiles. This book is a must read for dispatchers. Her message is that of tragedy, strength and survival. Sheila is a remarkably strong woman. I admire her whole-heartedly. God Bless her in her career.

An inspirational book for everyone

As a 9-1-1 dispatcher for 23 years, I couldn't wait to read this book. But then I received it and had a hard time getting through it because I kept crying. This book is so personal and it's hard to imagine how a family could go through something so horrible and still manage to spend their lives giving back to others. If you're going through a difficult time, this book will help you realize that you can and will get through it. A great weekend read!

I am a 9-1-1 telecommunicator and have had the priviledge of meeting this amazing and strong woman

This book, although heart wrenching to read , grabs you from page one and doesn't let go until the end. I could hardly see through the tears as I read it.