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Playing Dead: A Memoir of Terror and Survival

by Monique Faison Ross

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A memoir of abuse, abduction, and survival

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A memoir of abuse, abduction, and survival

Monique Faison Ross’s memoir recounts the breakdown of her marriage to Chris, the abuse she describes, and the threats that followed her decision to leave with their children. The account then centers on her abduction in front of the children and the violent ordeal that ended with Chris leaving her in the woods, believing she was dead. The description places the story within the limits of legal protections and police intervention as Ross presents them, while keeping the focus on her experience of terror and survival. The book’s subject is intimate and distressing, rooted in domestic abuse and kidnapping rather than a detached account of crime.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in first-person accounts of domestic abuse and survival.
  • True-crime readers focused on abduction and kidnapping cases.
  • Readers seeking memoirs about threats and the limits of protective intervention.

Themes

Domestic abuseStalking and threatsAbduction and survivalProtection and intervention

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Book overview

Monique, the daughter of San Diego Charger's football great Earl Faison, married her high school sweetheart soon after she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Her relationship with Chris was shaky from the start, but turned tumultuous as he became verbally and physically abusive. When she could no longer put up with the abuse, she left him with their children. That was when the stalking and genuine threats began. Nothing stopped him--not protection injunctions, police warnings, or even arrests. One fateful Monday morning, Chris kidnapped Monique in front of her children and drove off on a nightmarish car ride that involved car crashes and rape. He mercilessly beat her on the head with a shovel and abandoned her brutalized body in the woods in the rain. He left, presuming she was dead...but was she?

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