Internal Combustion: The Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City - Brossura

Maynard, Joyce

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0470223561 ISBN 13: 9780470223567

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2008

Riassunto

A chilling account of a shocking murder that rocked the peaceful gated community of Farmington Hills, near Detroit, describes the hatchet killing of Bob Seaman, a local auto industry engineer, softball coach, and car collector, as well as the arrest of his wife of more than thirty years, and the couple's two sons, who were sharply divided on the nature of the crime. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Joyce Maynard is the author of several celebrated books, including the novels Baby Love and To Die For, which was made into a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, and the memoir At Home in the World. She has been a reporter for the New York Times, a syndicated columnist and commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, and a contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine, More, Redbook, Vanity Fair, and many other publications.

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Praise for Internal Combustion

"The sensitivity and insight, both psychological and deeply personal, that Maynard brings to her exploration of this brutal, seemingly unfathomable murder elevate Internal Combustion to a place far above the true crime shelf. Her reporting floors me. Her pacing is seamless, swift, unerring. This book runs like a '69 Shelby."
?Mary Roach, author of the best-selling Stiff and Spook

"As relentlessly hypnotic as In Cold Blood. A book that barrels us down a dark stretch of the American Dream, where families fracture, secrets take root, and 'till death do us part' takes on a whole new meaning."
?Jason Roberts, author, A Sense of the World

"One of the great evil-Mommie stories of all time. Part murder mystery, part dysfunctional family story, part self-help book, the subtitle could be: how a hatchet murder taught me to love my children and to accept the terms of my divorce. Nowhere have I seen a better expression of Samuel Beckett's observation that love is a kind of lethal glue."
?Errol Morris, filmmaker, The Fog of War and The Thin Blue Line

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• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470223561
• ISBN 13: 9780470223567
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 490