Thousands of Tears: A True Story of International Abduction and Miraculous Rescue

Nearly three hundred thousand children are abducted from their homes each year, either by strangers or by a parent. Accordingly, enormous media attention has been given to child abduction. Television and radio broadcasts, and magazine and news publications have all investigated this problem of epidemic proportions. Parents are devastated by their deepest fears: that one day someone would abduct and likely harm their young child. Thousands of Tears is a staggering true story about a mother's journey to recover her little girl, AnnaMaria, who was abducted by her father at the tender age of ten months. Her mother's life was threatened, as she stood seven months pregnant, being told that her baby girl would never see the shores of the United States again. It is an account of a modern-day miracle that reunited them in Germany five years and three months later. Discover how this mother found her child after eleven organizations were unsuccessful at providing information or resources that would lead to the safe return of AnnaMaria. Get the full details of the gripping and suspenseful rescue that captured the media's attention all over the world, including major U.S. news networks and newspapers. Learn how to keep the human spirit alive and courageous when all hope seems lost. Gain an understanding of the importance of perseverance and unyielding determination that is based on true faith. Experience the tears along with the author, as she takes you through her five-year chronicle of losing her daughter, bearing a son alone, and gathering much from nothing to retrieve her child from across the Atlantic. This saga of a spiteful abduction and the long-awaited rescue is a captivating story that will warm the heart of the reader. It is an account of genuine heroism and reveals the persistence of a mother who refused to give up on the quest to find her beloved daughter. It is filled with intrigue and is a testimony of hope to families in despair. It demonstrates how our trials ca