The Lady of the Dunes

<p><strong>In a true crime memoir that spans ages and decades author Richard Hanchett / Terry offers an intimate look at his life recounting how he followed his heart and dreams and found that the answers he sought weren't the ones he expected.</strong></p><p>In the 1950s a young unwed woman was about to give birth to a son. Alone away from home and in the city with no support. Fate supplied an option: a married couple unable to have children.</p><p>That woman was Ruth Marie Terry an unidentified murder victim for decades. Her voice was silenced by the heartless Cape Cod Killer her son; the author speaks for her in this book.</p><p>Drawing on his biological mother's life and struggles as the foundation of this tale Richard crafts a thrilling narrative about his own life and struggles and the truths that set him free as he begins investigating his past. </p><p>It is through her eyes her story that I have found the strength to share mine. This is a journey of discovering who I am where I come from and how even the most brutal truths can lead you to a place of healing and understanding asserted Richard.</p><p>Readers will meet Ruth Richard and his adoptive parents Dick and Thelma-offering a profoundly human perspective on adoption trauma and the long shadows caused by violence. Each chapter is built from memory and emotion with reflections from his perspective now creating a complete picture of how life choices and destiny affected a group of people in the 1950s. <em>The Lady of the Dunes: My Mother </em> is a must-read a powerful true crime story. That unearths a shocking legacy of loss identity and healing. </p>