At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's frightened voice. 'She is gone. Elizabeth is gone.' At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine's 'bad dream' would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone. They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth's story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world's daughter.
After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent's worst fear: 'What would I do if my child was taken from me?' They also share a story of hope and trust in the belief system of the cult that they belong to.
The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. In the end, the Smarts'story stresses the importantance of family. Family, the prayers of so many friends and strangers, and trust in their Mormon god are, on a human level, what got them through this experience; and having survived, they now feel that they can persevere in any situation as long as those three things are in their lives. Though their story is filled with many incredible twists and turns, they never lost focus on bringing Elizabeth home. Read by Sandra Burr and Mel Foster. Unabridged. 4 cassettes. 5 hours.
