My Sister My Love Author:Joyce Carol Oates SKYLER HELP ME — SKYLER I AM SO LONELY IN THIS PLACE SKLYER I AM — so afraid I hurt so Skyler you won't leave me in this terrible place will you Skyler? — Nine years, ten months, five days. This child voice in my head. — Author's Note/Disclaimer (from front pages of book): Though My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike has its ... more »genesis in a notorious American "true crime mystery" of the late twentieth century, it is a work of the imagination solely and lays no claim to representing actual persons, places, or historical events. This includes all characters in the Rampike family, their legal counselor, and their friends. Nor is its depiction of "Tabloid Hell" intended to be a literal depiction of media response to the crime.« less