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One Pedophile. A Mother and a Daughter. Breaking the Silence. |
| Author Bio |
Tracy C. Ertl is a 911 dispatcher for Brown County in Green Bay, Wis. Ertl works 911 calls and dispatches police officers and firefighters. She is a national instructor for APCO International and is recognized as an expert in deploying communications tactics during "active shooter incidents."
Christine M. Ertl is a psychology student at the University of St. Thomas.
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"When the Easter Bunny is Naked" begins Easter morning 1977. The Easter bunny is awake in the house and so is author Tracy Ertl.
What follows is a riveting first-person account of sexual assault for a decade at the hands of her father.
More than 30 years later, Ertl writes about the abuse she suffered at the urging of a Nevada detective who told her she had the unprecedented chance to explain why the secret is sometimes held for decades.
Hunted at night, Tracy develops a ritual of finding dandelions to wish upon following the attacks. Tracy makes a pilgrimage to see Pope John Paul II in Rome to forgive her father for the past and move on with her life. Four months later, while taking 911 calls, she learns the Easter bunny is still naked. This time he has assaulted Tracy's own daughter.
A 16-year-old at the time of the writing, Christine Ertl sheds light on her own assault and survival at the hands of the same man who stole her mother years earlier. |
