Book description
No Room for Vengeance in Justice and Healing is the true story of a
teenage prank gone wrong, the woman whose life it nearly took, and what
can happen when justice and forgiveness step ahead of the need for
vengeance. Holiday season 2004. A snowy night. Two friends driving home
from a family event. Teenagers on a joy ride, out for a night of
mischief. And an incident that makes front page news in ...New York and
beyond. The incident causes several lives to converge: Ryan Cushing, the
teen who threw a frozen turkey out of the window of a moving car; Robert
Goldman, a psychologist and attorney working with juvenile offenders and
in the middle of saying a prolonged good-bye to his mother; and Victoria
Ruvolo, the woman injured by the teen. Given little chance of survival,
critically injured Victoria Ruvolo not only survives, she goes on to
mentor thousands of teens -- including the one who injured her --
alongside Robert Goldman. What does it take to leave vengeance behind in
favor of forgiveness? What happens when we do? The inspirational story
of a woman who decided to forgive and the thousands of people she
impacted by doing so will warm your heart and change forever the way you
look at vengeance, justice, and healing. Victoria Ruvolo is a woman
who draws strength from family. Having survived and recovered from an
attack that doctors believed would leave her permanently impaired,
Victoria has dedicated herself to making young people aware of the
consequences of their decisions. Doing so in concert with Robert
Goldman, J. D., Psy. D., she has reached over 5000 at-risk adolescents
since her injury. Robert Goldman, J. D., Psy. D. has dedicated himself
to working with at-risk youth, particularly those in the juvenile
justice system where his program designed to help kids be more aware of
the impact of their decisions is an ongoing success. A husband and
father, he lives and works in Suffolk County, New York. Lisa Pulitzer, a
former correspondent for The New York Times, is the author of more than
a dozen non-fiction books in the areas of True Crime and Current Events.
Among the books she has written are Stolen Innocence: My Story of
Growing up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking
Free of Warren Jeffs, and Daughters of Juarez: The True Story of Serial
Murder South of the Border, written with Univision's Teresa Rodriguez.
Her latest book, Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, A Murder in
Peru, and the Natlee Holloway Mystery, will be released July 5, 2011.
