The story was "The Toyshop Woman," a dark story about a high-school girl, who is emotionally abandoned by her parents and whose disabled brother dies.

She is technically precise yet emotionally abandoned, and the intensity of her dancing is a match for the Rachmaninoff piano concerto Buglisi chose as her score.

Emotionally abandoned.

Two years earlier his daughter, Nora, was born with brain damage, causing a shift in household focus to the child and away from Odets, who felt emotionally abandoned by his wife.

The report said that Gilbert's childhood led to his being "literally and emotionally abandoned without consistent or predictable guidance".

Virginia Linder took her own life in despair because she felt that her husband had emotionally abandoned her, not because of Stiles' influence.

Like a typical offspring of a wealthy family, Kendo is emotionally abandoned by his busy father, who sees money as an end to solve problems and provide happiness for his son.

Maurice Bejart met Pina Bausch in this emotionally abandoned trio, performed in appropriately tatty evening gowns by Doris Reyes.

Their parents divorced in 1972, leaving Buss feeling emotionally abandoned.

He later would comment that his addictions masked the pain of having been abandoned and emotionally deprived and abused.