Pieces of Me

Now a Lifetime television movie starring Sarah Drew Stolen By Their Father was adapted from the story of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters about a young mother and her daughters face the unimaginable consequences after leaving abuse. In 1994 Lizbeth Meredith said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with their non-custodial father only to learn days later that they had been kidnapped and taken to their father''s home country of Greece. Twenty-nine and just on the verge of making her dreams of financial independence for her and her daughters come true Lizbeth now faced a $100000 problem on a $10 an hour budget. For the next two years fueled by memories of her own childhood kidnapping Lizbeth traded in her small life for a life more public traveling to the White House and Greece and becoming a local media sensation in order to garner interest in her efforts. The generous community of Anchorage becomes Lizbeth''s makeshift family?one that is replicated by a growing number of Greeks and expats overseas who help Lizbeth navigate the turbulent path leading back to her daughters.