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Betz-Hamilton, Axton,

The less people know about us : a mystery of betrayal, family secrets, and stolen identity / Axton Betz-Hamilton. - First edition. - New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019. - viii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

In a powerful memoir, identity theft expert Betz-Hamilton tells the shocking and unsettling story of her family, betrayal, and deceit. Convinced that the thief had to be someone they knew, Axton and her parents completely cut off the outside world, isolating themselves from friends and family. Small-town Indiana in the early '90s. Betz-Hamilton's parents both had their identities stolen; their credit ratings were ruined. The family changed all of their personal information and moved to different addresses, but the identity thief followed them wherever they went. Convinced that the thief had to be someone they knew, her parents isolated themselves from friends and family. Betz-Hamilton spent her formative years crippled by anxiety; her mother became paranoid, consumed by how others perceived the family. Herself a victim of the identity thief, her credit ruined, Betz-Hamilton vowed to find the thief who broke the unwritten rules of love, protection, and family. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN: 9781538730287 1538730286

Standard No.: 40029519698

LCCN: 2019011217

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB9F1363 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019531430 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Betz-Hamilton, Axton,
Betz-Hamilton, Axton--Family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Deception.
Secrecy.
Betrayal.
Identity theft.
Fraud.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
True crime stories.

LC Class. No.: HV6691 / .B473 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 364.16