
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Suzanne O'Malley takes a close look at the Andrea Yates murder trial and discovers medical misjudgment, professional negligence, misapplied law, and a revelation that led to the overturning of Yates's conviction. It took a jury less than four hours to find Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty of the drowning deaths of three of her five childrenâand a mere half hour to sentence the troubled woman with a stunning history of severe mental problems to life in prison. But beyond the media coverage of her heinous crimes, there is a story that only investigative reporter Suzanne O'Malley has fully illuminated.This updated edition of Are You There Alone? features a new chapter on the appeal of the Yates case, as well as personal updates on both Andrea and Rusty Yates. Having drawn upon hundreds of interviewsâwith expert witnesses, close friends, family advisers, and Andrea and Rusty themselvesâO'Malley has produced a riveting true-crime account that shatters our notions about criminal law, mental illness, death-penalty politics, and religious fanaticism in America today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Colophon
- Also by Suzanne O'Malley
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Timeline
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: The Prophecy
- Chapter 2: Rocket Fuel
- Chapter 3: The Apocalypse
- Chapter 4: Thursday
- Chapter 5: The Catchers and the Keepers
- Chapter 6: Five Small Coffins
- Chapter 7: Jailed
- Chapter 8: The Death of a Butterfly
- Chapter 9: The Full Extent
- Chapter 10: Four Days to Sanity
- Chapter 11: Other Voices
- Chapter 12: The Killer Rooms
- Chapter 13: Trial by Error
- Chapter 14: Slow Guilty
- Chapter 15: Heartbreakers
- Chapter 16: A Sinister Stew
- Chapter 17: Eternity
- Acknowledgments
- Interview List
- Testimony List
- Organizations That Can Provide More Information
- About the Author