Hot Cup O'Monkey's review
Bitter Harvest
by Ann Rule
Hot Cup O'Monkey's review
Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule
Hot Cup O'Monkey's review
rating:
recommended for: readers who like true crime and/or psychology
** spoiler alert **
The subject of this book is very tragic: Dr. Debora Green,in a bizarre attempt to win back the attention and affection of her estranged husband, first tries to poison him, then burns down their home, killing two of the couple's three children.
The book carefully documents the story of the couple's early years of marriage and parenthood, their disintegrating relationship, Dr. Green's horrific crimes, the trial, and the aftermath.
Since I live just a few miles from the site of the burned house, and my kids have been friends of some of the neighbor children referred to in the book, I finally decided to read it.
What fascinated me most was that Dr. Green had a brilliant IQ, but after her arrest, psychiatric testing revealed she had the emotional level of an infant, and the social skills of a 10-year-old. She was able to function intellectually, but had no coping skills for life. Her only means of getting her way was to throw tantrums--just like a child.
Because she never got he...more
The book carefully documents the story of the couple's early years of marriage and parenthood, their disintegrating relationship, Dr. Green's horrific crimes, the trial, and the aftermath.
Since I live just a few miles from the site of the burned house, and my kids have been friends of some of the neighbor children referred to in the book, I finally decided to read it.
What fascinated me most was that Dr. Green had a brilliant IQ, but after her arrest, psychiatric testing revealed she had the emotional level of an infant, and the social skills of a 10-year-old. She was able to function intellectually, but had no coping skills for life. Her only means of getting her way was to throw tantrums--just like a child.
Because she never got he...more
