In July 2005, a six-year-old girl named Danielle was removed from her Florida home after authorities found her living in bug-ridden squalor, subjected to horrific neglect and so damaged by her own mother that recovery seemed hopeless. But hope was waiting for Dani?and help. In October 2007, Bernie and Diane Lierow, a hard-working couple with five boys of their own, adopted her and utterly transformed her life. This book tells the moving story of how the Lierows rescued Dani and helped her recover to the point where she can not only communicate, something once thought impossible, but can say of herself, "I pretty."

Dani's story was featured on Oprah and the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning article published by the St. Petersburg Times
The Lierows describe their struggle to adopt Dani, how they bonded with her and made a home for her, how they satisfied her craving for contact and stimuli, how Dani began to overcome her severe learning disabilities, how she learned she no longer had to steal food, and how their son Willie may be the greatest brother ever
For readers who enjoyed Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope; Hope's Boy; and Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood

Charting a perilous journey from hardship to hope, a new family, and a second chance at life, Dani's Story is a book you cannot put down and will never forget.

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Information

Publisher

Trade Paper Press

Year

2011

ISBN

9781118043653

Edition

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

Literary Biographies

Index

Literature

Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: Planting the Seed
Chapter 2: Seeking
Chapter 3: The Girl in the Photo
Chapter 4: The Feral Child
Chapter 5: Meeting Danielle
Chapter 6: Falling through the Cracks
Chapter 7: Nowhere Child
Chapter 8: Into the System
Chapter 9: Truth and Consequences
Chapter 10: Butterflies Are Free
Chapter 11: All in Good Time
Chapter 12: Step by Step
Chapter 13: Meet the Family
Chapter 14: Hello Kitty
Chapter 15: Ready, Set, Go
Chapter 16: One Step Backward
Chapter 17: Two Steps Ahead
Chapter 18: T.J. Bearytales
Chapter 19: Pedal, Pedal, Pedal!
Chapter 20: Dani
Chapter 21: Baby’s First Christmas
Chapter 22: Tennessee
Chapter 23: The Public Eye
Chapter 24: Big Brother
Chapter 25: Home
Epilogue
Acknowledgments