Little Girl Fly Away

by Gene Stone

Book Overview

When Ruth Finley reported a case of harassment to the Witchita police, an all-out, three-year effort began to apprehend her stalker, dubbed the Poet. This astonishing true story takes readers into the midst of this baffling case, and details the aftermath of Ruth's amazing behavior--the discovery of her chilling ability to disassociate, splitting from her conscious self to create the fictitious Poet.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671519522
• ISBN13: 9780671519520
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Little known book -- fantastic true story !

An interesting aside to the BTK killer story is the little known, but true account of Wichita, Kansas resident Ruth Finley. The Wichita Police went into a frenzy when Ruth advised them that she was being tormented by an unknown male who was taunting her and sending her messages. In fact, being attacked by this evil man. Of course, the Wichita PD was convinced that they had an opportunity to nail the BTK killer in this episode. Everything related to them by Mrs. Finley seemed to point directly to BTK. Yet, there were some things that just didn't seem to fit. Mrs. Finley, it seems had some secrets of her own and was engaging in a psychotic scream for help. Her family was unaware, her husband was unaware, her co-workers were unaware. In this strange, but true story, we learn that there are demons in our mind that are sometimes worse that those around us. This is a great book for people interested in the BTK affair. Densel Myers Yukon, Oklahoma

little girl

One of the best books I have read. A book you can not put down.

Sad but real (for parents too)

I first read about Ruth Finley's problem in the "Book in Review" section of Reader's Digest. A couple of years later, I stumbled upon the hardcover copy and bought it. The book, unfortunately, stayed in my box a couple more years.The time I started to seriously read the book was when I was in the middle of college. The beginning isn't that exciting because it's a glimpse into 2 elderly people's lives i.e. Ruth Finley and her husband. The pace picks up when the Poet appears. (...) I really feel for Ruth because of her childhood trauma. When you read about the part where she feels sorry when her neighbour cries in remorse in childish innocence, However, you will cry for Ruth when the man turns on her again in this moment of tenderness. The pain is magnified when Ruth cries every time her dad sends her to the neighbour's and her dad scolds her for being a 'bad girl'. It's a really ironic moment every time it occurs.You truly understand the ugly truth of sexual abuse when you read about the neigbour's wife having to accept the abuse. And she she evens gives Ruth cookies to get her co-operation. I've never read any book that gives such a realistic view of sexual abuse than this book. For parents: It's a book that gives insight on the trauma a child feels and the awful picture of sexual abuse.

A must-read

Empathetic. Enlightening. A must-read for anyone seriously (and, ahem, ITELLIGENTLY) interested in the topic of MPD.