A Light in the Dark
Surviving More than Ted Bundy
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
A survivor's story of unimaginable crime, resilience, and reclaiming her voice in the shadow of a monster. Kleiner Rubin and Lucchesi challenge the popular narrative of Ted Bundy, focusing on the victims, not the killer.
In January 1978, Kathy Kleiner Rubin's life changed forever when Ted Bundy attacked her and her sorority sisters at Florida State University. This is the story of that night, and the long road to recovery. It's also a story of surviving childhood lupus and early-onset breast cancer, and finding love and happiness despite the odds. Kleiner Rubin reclaims the narrative, offering a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit.
A Light in the Dark is for true crime readers, survivors of violence, and anyone seeking inspiration in the face of adversity. Through Kleiner Rubin's unflinching honesty and Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi's insightful storytelling, this memoir shines a light on the victims, reminding us that their stories deserve to be heard. This is a story of hope, healing, and the enduring power of the human spirit.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Motivational speaker Rubin shares her experiences surviving terminal illness and a serial killer in this awe-inspiring debut. Born in 1957, Rubin had a difficult life even before Ted Bundy nearly murdered her in 1978: when Rubin was 12, doctors told her she was unlikely to survive the kidney damage being caused by her lupus, but a successful chemotherapy regimen kept her alive. This brush with death stayed with her, however ("I would remain haunted by the warning that my life was fragile," she writes), and nearly a decade later, she had another near-miss when Bundy entered Rubin's sorority house at the University of Florida. He killed two of Rubin's sorority sisters before smashing her head with a log, but before he could kill her, he was scared off by a car's headlights flooding the house. After a long recovery, Rubin testified against Bundy, who was executed in 1989. Then, when Rubin was in her 30s, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but she resolved never to give in "to the darkness." Throughout, Rubin is a force to be reckoned with, pushing back on the public romanticization of Bundy ("It's time that... people stop thinking of him as charming and smart, when he was neither") and cataloging her resilience in matter-of-fact prose. It makes for stirring, occasionally jaw-dropping reading.
