If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen: Conversation Starters
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For years, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychical terrors behind their farmhouse's closed doors in Raymond, Washington. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori formed a defiant bond, making themselves far less vulnerable than Shelly could ever imagine. Others were drawn into their mother's dark and perverse web, but the sisters found the strength and courage to flee from the escalating nightmare caused by the multiple murders.
Disturbing and nerve-wracking, If You Tell by Gregg Olsen is a survivor's story of Nikki, Sami, and Tori, who risked their lives to fight for freedom and justice from their evil mother. Sisters for life, victims no more, they found hope in the darkness that made them the resilient women they are today—loving, loved, and moving on.
After the publication date of If You Tell (December 1, 2019), the 410-paged narrative received numerous praises and critiques. It became a #1 Wall Street Journal, Amazon Charts, USA Today, and Washington Post bestseller.
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Introducing If You Tell
If You Tell is about three abused sisters who braved to put their mother behind bars. Michelle Shelly
Knotek's daughters reached out to Olsen in 2017 and asked him to write a book about their mother for one simple reason: They want to stop her from killing again.
The now-65-year-old Shelly, convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter, is to be released from the Washington Corrections Center for Women after serving 18 years in June 2022. She did not admit guilt and only took a plea deal. Although the case earned much attention after the crimes' reveal in 2003, Shelly's children— Nikki, Sami, and Tori — want to remind people how inhumane their mother can be and warn about her