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 $100,000 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.

Lizbeth Meredith is the author of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, an award-winning memoir. A probation supervisor by day, Lizbeth's writing has appeared in Sunlight Press, Feminine Collective, and in Jane Friedman's blog. Lizbeth is a contributor to A Girls' Guide to Travelling Alone by Gemma Thompson. She has been a featured speaker at universities, civic group meetings, and at victims rights agencies.
Currently, Lizbeth lives in Alaska near her two grown daughters.