Cellar Girl

Cellar Girl

<p><i>'I stood there for a moment, silently speaking to myself: Josefina, you will survive this. You are strong. You are a fighter. You adapt.'</i></p><p>As a young mum-of-three, Josefina Rivera was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare.</p><p> Along with five women Josefina was held captive in a cellar where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfil Heidnik’s desire of creating a ‘family’ of ten children.</p><p><i>Cellar Girl</i> is the shocking but ultimately inspiring story of how one brave, young woman saved herself and others from a life worse than hell.</p>