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| Original Title: | Bitter Harvest |
| ISBN: | 075152669X (ISBN13: 9780751526691) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime (1998) |
Ann Rule
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.06 | 7069 Users | 320 Reviews
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On the night of October 23/24, 1995 in Prairie Village, Kansas, a fierce, wind-driven fire devastated the luxurious mansion of Dr. Debora Green and her husband, Dr. Michael Farrar. Trapped and burned to death in the flames were twelve-year-old Tim and his six-year-old sister Kelly. Lissa, ten, was barely able to leap to safety from the garage roof into the arms of her mother, who was standing outside the house. When Michael Farrar returned to the scene, he had lost more than his children and his home. His entire life was in ruins.The fire was the climactic event of Michael and Debora's lives. Until that summer, they seemed to have it all -- a happy marriage, successful medical practices, three bright and beautiful children. Then they went on a trip to Peru with their son. There, they met attractive, blonde Celeste Walker, whose husband, John was also a successful doctor. But after that trip, nothing was the same again for either couple, and all the dark hidden places in Debora and Michael's marriage bubbled to the surface in a series of almost unbelievable horrors.
"Bitter Harvest" is the chronicle of this tragedy in the heartland of America, the true story of the disintegration of a marriage and its horrifying consequences. Rule takes us deep in the psyche of a killer whose behavior was so twisted and so evil that it defies belief. Gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying, "Bitter Harvest" is a vivid recreation of an unthinkable crime -- and a depiction of the unimagined depths of a darkness within the human spirit. Copyright © 1998 Ann Rule. All Rights Reserved
Performance copyright 1998 by Simon & Schuster Inc. All Rights Reserved
List Appertaining To Books Bitter Harvest
| Title | : | Bitter Harvest |
| Author | : | Ann Rule |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | 1998 by Warner (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Crime. True Crime. Nonfiction. Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 7069 Users | 320 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Bitter Harvest
Every so often, when I'm sick of reading serious non-fiction and literary fiction, I go to my secret stash of my guilty favorite genre, true crime books. I'm talking mostly Ann Rule here, because her work seems to be a step above the average true crime book, where every woman murdered - no matter how plain looking she really was - is described as being "beautiful". I think someone has to have three eyes and two noses not to be dubbed as "beautiful". And only "beautiful" women - usually blonde -So it's weird. I have owned this book for a while, but never got around to reading it. I think it's because I watched this on a couple of television shows (Forensic Files and Murderous Affairs). So to read Ann Rule's insight into a couple that ended up in a toxic marriage that resulted in a fire that killed two of their children will have you reading each page while holding your breath.The incident takes place in 1995, but we go back to see the beginning of the married couple (Doctor Debora
"Liking" a True Crime book always seems like an oxymoron to me. Ann Rules was an excellent author, I've never read anything of her that wasn't a good read. This book is no different, she dug into the details and wrote a compelling story.
Rule is well-known for her true crime writing and justifiably so. Ever since Truman Capote popularized the form in In Cold Blood, true crime has become a popular genre.This harrowing book tells the story of Dr. Debora Green, a very bright Kansas physician whose life unraveled into a nightmare of murder and virtual insanity. After her trial for the murder of two of her children and the attempted murder of her husband, Michael Farrar, psychiatrists attempted to answer why something like this could
If this wasn't true, documented crime, I would have a hard time believing this story.Murder by arson, poisoning, an affair, emotional abuse, dysfunctional family- it's all there.A few random thoughts: the children should have been taken out of the mothers care way before things came to a head. All the signs were there that something terrible was building up to happen.Do people really get to know each other before they marry? Before they have children together?The psychiatrist's evaluation of the
If this wasn't true, documented crime, I would have a hard time believing this story.Murder by arson, poisoning, an affair, emotional abuse, dysfunctional family- it's all there.A few random thoughts: the children should have been taken out of the mothers care way before things came to a head. All the signs were there that something terrible was building up to happen.Do people really get to know each other before they marry? Before they have children together?The psychiatrist's evaluation of the
Dr. Debra Green has everything. A genius IQ, three children, a huge upscale house in a upper-class neighborhood, a handsome husband, Mike Farrar, who is also a doctor, and no worries about money. However, beneath the surface is a very unhappy family. Debra is full of unexpected rages and vituperous viciousness when thwarted. She cannot keep a job for very long. While she can be witty and bitingly funny, she also has times of blank vacancy when she is emotionally disconnected and uncaring. Her
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