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| Title | : | Bitter Harvest |
| Author | : | Ann Rule |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | 1998 by Warner (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Crime. True Crime. Nonfiction. Mystery |
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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
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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) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 7069 Users | 320 ReviewsCritique Out Of Books Bitter Harvest
This true crime book is about a horrific incident that occurred in Kansas in 1995, when a house-fire resulted in the death of two children and a dog. Some people seem to be so blinkered and obtuse that you'd expect them to wander into traffic or fall off a balcony. That's how Dr. Michael Farrar struck me when I read this book.The major events in the story begin when Farrar and his wife, Dr. Debora Green - who wed in 1979 - have been married for nearly 15 years and have three children: Tim (12),The subject of this book is very tragic: Dr. Debora Green,in a bizarre attempt to win back the attention and affection of her estranged husband, first tries to poison him, then burns down their home, killing two of the couple's three children.The book carefully documents the story of the couple's early years of marriage and parenthood, their disintegrating relationship, Dr. Green's horrific crimes, the trial, and the aftermath.Since I live just a few miles from the site of the burned house, and
I think this was one of Ann Rule's books that was translated in Dutch and I read just before I started to read English books because i wanted to read more books like this one.What I only know is that it was very sad but very intriguing and that I loved it.
This true crime book is about a horrific incident that occurred in Kansas in 1995, when a house-fire resulted in the death of two children and a dog. Some people seem to be so blinkered and obtuse that you'd expect them to wander into traffic or fall off a balcony. That's how Dr. Michael Farrar struck me when I read this book.The major events in the story begin when Farrar and his wife, Dr. Debora Green - who wed in 1979 - have been married for nearly 15 years and have three children: Tim (12),
"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.
This Ann Rule true crime story was particularly interesting to me because the crime happened a few miles from where I lived. Debora Green continuously poisoned her husband (but he didn't die) and then she set her house on fire, killing 2 of her kids. It was huge news in Kansas City in 1995. Everyone followed the story with facination. It was an upscale neighborhood, and Debora Green was a doctor. How could a crime like that happen around here? Ann Rule was the perfect person to write the book,
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 -
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