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The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer

The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Hardcover - 2021

by Rodman, Liza and Jennifer Jordan

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The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During her Cape Cod summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter -- the gentle, handsome handyman at the motel -- took her and her sister on adventures in his truck, sometimes to his "secret garden" in the Truro woods. He was one of the few kind, understanding adults in her life. But there was one thing she didn't know: the babysitter was a serial killer. Some of his victims were buried -- in pieces-- right there, in his garden in the woods. Though Tony Costa's gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never connected her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now she and co-writer Jennifer Jordan reveal the unimaginable story of a charming but brutal psychopath through the eyes of a young girl who once called him her friend. Atria Books, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2021
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  • Title The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
  • Author Rodman, Liza and Jennifer Jordan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atria Books
  • Date 2021
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 634
  • ISBN 9781982129477 / 1982129476
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects True crime stories, Biographies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020033280
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 02/01/2021, Page 4
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2021, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/25/2021, Page 0
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About the author

Liza Rodman attended the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in the late 1970s and received her Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in creative writing from Vermont College in 2005. She has balanced life as a mother, stepmother, writer, and tax accountant for more than thirty-five years. Liza and her husband have three children, five grandchildren, and live outside Boston. The Babysitter is her first book.

Jennifer Jordan is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and screenwriter with decades of experience as a news anchor and investigative journalist. She has worked for NPR and PBS, and her work has also appeared in a variety of national and international newspapers and magazines. She has directed and produced several documentaries, including 3000 Cups of Tea, which revealed the flawed 60 Minutes report on renowned philanthropist Greg Mortenson. In addition to her own books Savage Summit and Last Man on the Mountain, she has ghostwritten two others. The Babysitter is her fifth book.

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