Where Children Run Audiobook By Karen Emilson cover art

Where Children Run

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Where Children Run

By: Karen Emilson
Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $24.54

Buy for $24.54

Twins David and Dennis Pischke's lives change forever when their father dies and a man damaged by the war arrives at their farm near the isolated town of Moosehorn, Manitoba. Boleslaw Domko quickly works his way into their lives and their mother's bed.

Where Children Run opens with one of their earliest memories - the day Domko throws their infant stepsister against the wall. In this firsthand account, the twins recall years of neglect, starvation, and enslavement; horrific beatings and candlelit nights spent in the nearby St. Thomas Lutheran Church. Neighbors intervene, but their efforts provide only temporary relief as the children's mother - also living in fear - refuses to press charges.

The brothers vow that if they survive, they will someday expose their tormentor and members of their mother's religious organization who turned a blind eye to their suffering. This is their story - told with stark honesty and in heart-wrenching detail.

Where Children Run is a timeless, unforgettable audiobook about survival, a powerful testament to the strength and adaptability of the human spirit.

Contains mature themes.

©1996 Karen Emilson (P)2018 Tantor Child Abuse Emotionally Gripping Dysfunctional Relationships Scary Survival Dysfunctional Families Abuse Parenting & Families Biographies & Memoirs True Crime Relationships
Powerful Storytelling • Captivating Narrative • Heartfelt True Story • Remarkable Resilience • Well-researched Content

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
It is always sad to hear about people, especially children, being tortured. This factual story is difficult to listen to, I feel that the knowledge this stuff happened, and is still happening, is something we all need. We can't hide from it, nor should we. We need to be aware of it, so that we can help those that suffer from physical, mental and emotional abuse.
This book was wonderfully written.
I appreciate the author's note. It was definitely a plus to hear how the family got on after the horrible things they endured.

The souls of the twins stayed STRONG.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The abuse the stepfather inflicted on the step children, and their mother's failure to protect her children from the brutal child abuse.

The overall bravery of the twins to survive the brutal child abuse.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
very detailed and I love the end and all the knowledge of everyone and where they are today.

love sadness and good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed this book a great deal. I had a very hard time not hating the mother.

Courage

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
There were parts of this book I just had to fast forward through, especially when Danko was abusing and killing their horse. If you’re planning to listen to this book, please know there can be some things in it that can make you very depressed so be advise.

Heartbreaking

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews