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In 1974, Australian Margaret Wilcox was living in Spain with her Libyan husband. She had a new child and a new life in Costa del Sol, but three years later darkness fell. Her marriage had soured to the point where her estranged husband had kidnapped their daughter, Tanya.

What followed was a fourteen year search for the child she loved and lost. It was a search that took her to Switzerland, France, England, Spain and Dubai. Amid death threats from her former husband she became a private investigator, determined to succeed where the authorities said they could not.

Now Margaret Wilcox has written a book about her experience in an attempt to help others who find themselves in similar situations. It's estimated that there are some 500 cases of parental abduction in Australia every year.

Guests

Margaret Wilcox
Author and mother of abducted child

Tanya Senussi
Daughter of Margaret Wilcox

Publications

Title: Gone: A mother's search for her abducted daughter
Author: Margaret Wilcox
Publisher: Penguin

Reporter

Madeline Genner

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