Are You There Alone?, Suzanne OMalley
Are You There Alone?, Suzanne OMalley
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Are You There Alone?
The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates

Author: Suzanne O'Malley

Narrator: Becky Ann Baker

Abridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2004

Synopsis

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 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 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.

About Suzanne O'Malley

Suzanne O'Malley's investigative reports on the Yates trial appeared in the New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; and on Dateline NBC. She has written for the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Salon.com, and Texas Monthly, and has been a producer and consultant for NBC and MSNBC. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in New York City and Houston. Visit www.suzanneomalley.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 24, 2012

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 too......more

Goodreads review by Bunny on January 11, 2009

This was an extraordinarily upsetting book. Not just because of the death of those beautiful kids, but because this poor woman showed so many freaking signs of mental damage, but no one cared to help her. Extremely sad, and upsetting. People should read this before assuming that a woman having a har......more

Goodreads review by Alice on March 16, 2019

Horrifying and interesting case, but written drily and in a very impersonal way.......more

Goodreads review by peg on July 17, 2007

Infanticide cannot be tolerated by any civilized society. It is one of the most unnatural and heinous crimes one can commit. What drives a parent to commit such crimes can only originate from the depths of the hell of disparing mental illness. This book forces its reader to take a look at the prodro......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on June 10, 2012

read this because I lived in Clear Lake City where this happened. I know people have all sorts of opinions about what happened, but I have to say that after reading this book, her husband should have been tried as well as her. Her story is incrediably tragic. This is not written from her point of vi......more

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