The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue [Paperback]

Thirteen siblings were held captive in their own homeand lived to tell their story.

On January 14, 2018, a seventeen-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 on a borrowed cell phone. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her twelve siblingsranging in age from two to twenty-ninewere being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. Ive never been out, she stammered. She wasnt even sure how to spell her own last name.

Louise and David Turpin presented themselves as loving, faithful parents. On social media they shared snapshots of family outings and vacations, often with their children in matching outfits. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, Louise and David had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, fear, and near starvation.

New York Timesbestselling author John Glatt'sThe Family Next Dooris the definitive, devastating, and unforgettable account of the Turpins: a family whose dark secrets would shock and captivate the world.

Thoroughly researched and thoroughly disturbing. Booklist

Unflinching...this chilling portrayal of abuse and secrecy may leave readers looking differently at their neighbors.Publishers Weekly

English-born JOHN GLATT is the author of more than twenty-five books includingThe Lost GirlsandMy Sweet Angel, and has over thirty years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, including Dateline NBC, Fox News, A Current Affair, BBC World News, and A&E Biography.

Thoroughly researched and thoroughly disturbing. Booklist

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