Melissa G. Moore

This poor girl and her family. Her father being a serial killer was just the icing on an already crappy life. Her father was abusive, her mother did nothing to prevent or stop it, they live in bad conditions, she gets raped and pregnant and on top of all of this, she finds out her father is the Happy Face Serial Killer. She does eventually come to terms with her life and her father's choices and she ends up marrying a nice man and has children on her own. It is amazing she survives at all. She must be a amazingly strong person. This story is so riveting and hard to put down.… (mere)

Reviewed by Samantha (Class of 2012)
I am still reading this book. That is why I am rating it a four at the moment. This book is the untold sotry of a serial killer's daughter. She had these feelings, like in the pit of her stomach. She thought she just wasn't feeling good everytime this would happen to her. She got these mainly when her dad was coming around and she would get them when her dad killed a woman. At the time though, she didn't know about her dad and what he was doing until one day he got caught and and she found out EVERYTHING! This is a great book and she speaks with great words. I would read this book if I were you. You WON'T be disappointed.… (mere)

I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who has unwittingly held the blame for the actions of family members. The author's honest and straightforward manner of telling her life story, especially in relationship to her father and divorce will ring true to many children of dysfunctional families. Meliissa especially talks about the secrets and the lack of communication, which are all because of pain being buried. Running away does not help, but acknowledging and moving forward and away from the type of thing we leave is. It takes great courage to share this with the world and especially the Christian segment of it, but I hope her message goes out to many, many people to understand the pain of those who have gone through this.… (mere)