The book and performance are well done. Some may complain there was too much detail, too much background…but those details and backgrounds shed more light on the people involved, and helped me…at least…to know how the thought processes of the mothers were developed.
The utter frustration the mothers faced is something that has not been eradicated in our legal system. When defense attorneys are faced with sometimes irrefutable evidence, they attack the victims. In some instances, wrong people are convicted, and in some, far too much attention is given to the perpetrator’s rights and too little to the victim’s rights. The latter was the case in this tale. It seems to all depend on where you live and who is in office.
If you are of the ilk that has a very short attention span, this book is not for you. But if you are the type that wants to know as much as you can about a case and the people involved, then you will enjoy the illumination on this very tragic double murder.
In actuality, you could sum the case up into a one page report, single-spaced. But knowing the backgrounds and the thoughts of the people involved at the time, to me, is very important.
I’ve always been confounded by the amount of time it takes for these things to actually come to trial. When years pass by, the memories of anyone at all become muddied and distorted. Witnesses die or become incapacitated. Another thing is that people who should be questioned right from the get-go are not, until maybe years later.
Found myself frustrated and angry for the mothers. But it also does shed light on how two different mothers, linked together for eternity by this horror, handled the situation and why each reacted as they did.
If listening to this book opens up avenues of thought for you, as it did me, then it is well worth the listen.