Part memoir, part explosive glimpse into the mind of a predator, this is a captivating personal account of three women who confront an online predator and join forces to expose him. In 2011, three successful and educated women fell in love with the brilliant and charming Ethan Schumann. Unknown to one another, they exchanged countless messages with Ethan, staying up late to deepen their relationships with this seemingly perfect man. His detailed excuses about broken cameras and complex international calling plans seemed believable, as did the last-minute travel cancellations. After all, why would he lie? Ethan wasn’t asking for money - he never managed to convince his victims to spend thousands of euros on some fictitious crisis. Instead, he ensnared these women in a web of intense emotional intimacy. After the trio began to independently question the inconsistencies in their new beloved's stories, they managed to find each other and uncover a larger scam than they could have ever imagined. As Anna Akbari and the women untangled the web of the beast, they found dozens of other victims and realized that without a proper crime, there was no legal reason for "Ethan" to ever stop. ETHAN DOES NOT EXIST documents Akbari's experience as both a victim and a witness. Examining the bigger picture where these stories unfold - a world where technology mediates our relationships, where words and images are easily distorted, and where truth, reality, and identity have become slippery terms - Akbari offers a gripping and astonishing exploration of why stories like Ethan's matter to all of us.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Little Brown Book Group
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- Historical Archive
- Theme
- Historical Archives
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Release Date
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- Publication Date
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 16.3x23.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781538742198
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