The Stalking of Kristin: A Father Investigates the Murder of His Daughter
by George Lardner | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0451407318 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0451407318 Global Overview for this book
Registered by mom2jwn of East Freedom, Pennsylvania USA on 1/7/2010
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"This is Kristin's story. I'd give anything not to have written it." Kristin Lardner's father won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of Washington Post articles about this promising young art student who was killed by a jealous ex-boyfriend. In this expanded book version he makes the important point that Kristin did everything right. She was educated and sophisticated, and had the time and resources to make the law work for her. And she was a member of the class of people who believe the law when it promises to protect them. With a parent's rage, and an impressive command of the facts and statistics, George Lardner refutes the widespread belief that the courts offer effective protection to battered women who do report their abusers and press charges. The book includes photos of Kristin's artwork about abuse of women and 80 pages of footnotes and bibliography about the legal system.
"This is Kristin's story. I'd give anything not to have written it." Kristin Lardner's father won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of Washington Post articles about this promising young art student who was killed by a jealous ex-boyfriend. In this expanded book version he makes the important point that Kristin did everything right. She was educated and sophisticated, and had the time and resources to make the law work for her. And she was a member of the class of people who believe the law when it promises to protect them. With a parent's rage, and an impressive command of the facts and statistics, George Lardner refutes the widespread belief that the courts offer effective protection to battered women who do report their abusers and press charges. The book includes photos of Kristin's artwork about abuse of women and 80 pages of footnotes and bibliography about the legal system.
Sending in a box of books to my friend whiskeyjane
This book arrived safely in a box of true crime books from mom2jwn, Im not sure what date it arrived...I love it when I dump out a box and find a book that my good friend mom2jwn sent me a long, long time ago! This book about a father who investigates his daughter's murder looks absolutely terrifying I can't even imagine!
FROM BACK COVER: When Washington Post reporter George Lardner learned his daughter Kristin, a bright, pretty talented art college student in Boston, had been shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, his first reaction was grief Then he set out to uncover the full truth about this monstrous crime How did a smart girl like Kristin become involved with a savage loser like Michael Cartier? Why did the law not heed her desperate pleas for protection from his abuse?
What Lardner discovered filled him with horror and anger The articles he wrote about her story won a Pulitzer Prize Now he has written a book that describes how a girl with the best intentions became involved with the ultimate Mr Wrong, and how the authorities stood by and let him kill her It is a cry from the heart that will echo in your own
FROM BACK COVER: When Washington Post reporter George Lardner learned his daughter Kristin, a bright, pretty talented art college student in Boston, had been shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, his first reaction was grief Then he set out to uncover the full truth about this monstrous crime How did a smart girl like Kristin become involved with a savage loser like Michael Cartier? Why did the law not heed her desperate pleas for protection from his abuse?
What Lardner discovered filled him with horror and anger The articles he wrote about her story won a Pulitzer Prize Now he has written a book that describes how a girl with the best intentions became involved with the ultimate Mr Wrong, and how the authorities stood by and let him kill her It is a cry from the heart that will echo in your own
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