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by: Suzanne O'Malley
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523092
EAN: 9780743466295
ISBN: 0743466292
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: May 24, 2005
Publisher: Pocket Star
Sales Rank: 640903
Studio: Pocket Star
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On a June morning in a Houston suburb, a 911 dispatcher questioned the caller on the other end of the line:
'ARE YOU HAVING A DISTURBANCE?'
'ARE YOU ILL?'
'ARE YOU AT 942 BEACHCOMBER?'
'ARE YOU THERE ALONE?'
It took a jury less than four hours to find Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty of the drowning deaths of three of her five children -- and 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 IS THE BOOK THAT INCLUDES THE REVELATION THAT LED TO THE OVERTURNING OF ANDREA YATES'S CONVICTION.
The 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 interviews -- with expert witnesses, close friends, family advisers, and Andrea and Rusty themselves -- O'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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Rating:  - Page Turner
"O'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." couldn't have been said better. I had to read another book on Andrea Yates and study her case when I was in collage. This book changes some of what I was thinking about the Yates case. The auther does update you on whats going on with their lives since the trial up until the publishing of this book. In 2004 Rusty did ... Read More
Rating: - I Couldn't Put it Down
To be honest, I was very hesitant to even read this book. Like most people, when Andrea Yates killed her five children by drowning them in the family's bathtub, the only information I knew was what I heard from the media. I almost immediately formed my own opinion -- Andrea Yates was evil. So it took me awhile to open my mind to the fact that there could be more to the story.
Once I started reading ARE YOU THERE ALONE? I absolutely could not read fast enough. This book is fascinating ... Read More
Rating: - A very good book that looks at a very distrubed person
I read this book because it was a list of good reads. I felt it was. The topic is horrofic. How can a mother do this to her children? You get a sense that the author tries to be objective as possible with the reason. The author I also felt does a good job of pointing out the inconsisties with the time line with the attornies as a well as when Andrea Yates was on medication. She also does a fair job of looking at the story after the verdict. Overall I felt it was a fair balanced book contray to what ... Read More
Rating:  - WHERE IS ANN RULE WHEN YOU NEED HER?
Having read St. Martin's rush-to-press book, "Breaking Point," as soon as it hit the stands, I was disappointed with O'Malley's long-awaited book about the Andrea Yates tragedy. Whereas Spencer interviewed relatives, friends, and acquaintances, O'Malley relied heavily on court transcripts and seemed to take a point of view from a telescope.
The book about Andrea Yates that I want to read has yet to be written. For example, I want to know where she stored her pots and pans while she was home-schooling ... Read More
Rating: - Good book but a slow read
I am almost finished with the book but it's taking me time to read it as it's not the kind of book you can read quickly. I'm anxious to see how it ends. I would rather have reviewed it after I finish it. I think the book is probably going to get better closer to the end then I am.
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