Stolen by Their Father Subject Shares Story
Where’s Lizbeth Meredith now? The Tennessee mother is sharing her story of ways she rescued her kidnapped daughters with Lifetime’s ‘Stolen by Their Father.’
She’s been a child abuse investigator, a home violence recommend, a probation manager, the Amazon-bestselling writer of Pieces of Me, and now Lizbeth Meredith is the subject of a TV film. Lifetime’s Stolen by Their Father, which airs this night, Saturday, March 5, at 8 p.m. ET, adapts Lizbeth’s memoir to tell the true story of how she in any case discovered her daughters two years after their father abducted them and took them to Greece.
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“Fueled by the memories of her own formative years kidnapping, Lizbeth travels to the White House and Greece, burning through each dime and want to get her kids back,” Lifetime teases in a synopsis of the movie. “One false transfer, and her ex-husband will vanish with her ladies, guaranteeing that Lizbeth will never see them once more. Two false moves, and he’ll make excellent on his promise to kill her. But a mother’s love knows no borders…”
Lizbeth and her daughters, now adults, will even proportion their story in a Lifetime special after the movie.
As her story hits the small display screen, Lizbeth resides in Chattanooga, Tenn., working as a speaker and consultant who provides training and courses to midlife women and independent authors, as her personal website attests.
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A biography of Lizbeth — obtainable from her website online — states that her daughters have grown up to be “feisty, skilled girls who have bucked intergenerational patterns of early marriage and lack of schooling.” And a Women Writers, Women’s Books profile from ultimate yr mentions that Lizbeth and her adult daughters have FaceTime chats “where they may or may not discuss the Real Housewives.”
Lifetime audience who track in to Stolen by Their Father will get to meet the actual Lizbeth and her daughters as they talk about their story in a Beyond the Headlines particular following the movie. “From Lizbeth’s own challenging upbringing to the emotional toll she and her daughters went thru while separated to their ultimate reunion and restoration, this documentary special digs deep into the unveiling events behind Stolen By Their Father,” Lifetime says in a press release.
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Sarah Drew felt the “gravity” of bringing Lizbeth’s story to the display screen
Grey's Anatomy alum Sarah Drew plays Lizabeth in Stolen by Their Father — reverse Kimonas Kouris as her kidnapping ex — and the actress recently discussed the function with The List.
“I actually did look at what used to be going on within the story, and I read up a little bit bit about Lizbeth and about her story, and I used to be totally blown away by her braveness and resolution within the face of so many stumbling blocks to get her girls back,” she stated. “That’s how I prepared.”
Sarah also defined how preparing for this position differed from her different reviews taking on display characters. “You really feel the gravity of, ‘I’m telling a true story and a story that in fact impacts numerous other folks,’” she said. “There are numerous other people, and I didn’t notice this, that find themselves on this situation. This happens more continuously than we would like to think.”
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