Breaking Point

Name: Breaking Point
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzy Spencer
ISBN: 9781515981985

Author: Suzy Spencer

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 11 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Mental Health, True Crime, Murder

Synopsis

While her husband Rusty, a NASA engineer, was at work, Andrea Yates filled the family bathtub with water and systematically drowned their children, ages six months to seven years. As her eldest child lay lifeless in the bathtub and the bodies of her four youngest rested in her bed, Andrea, a devoted Christian wife and former nurse, called the police to confess her sin.

The investigations by the prosecutors, by the defense, and by the press delved deeper into Andrea's mind and history, revealing a disturbing web of suicidal tendencies, depression, and psychoses. While her husband struggled between his overwhelming grief and his loyalty to his incarcerated wife, an outraged nation asked one question after another: How could anyone do this? What would drive a mother to kill her children?

Drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews, court testimony, and medical records, including new access to psychiatric and legal files, Breaking Point delves deeper into an all-American family struggling with the darkness of a mental illness that twisted a loving mother into a killer obsessed with hellfire.

About Suzy Spencer

New York Times bestselling author Suzy Spencer wrote the controversial true crime book Wasted, a 1999 Violet Crown Book Award finalist, as well as Wages of Sin. Suzy is the recipient of two Chilton Editorial Awards and a three-time semi-finalist in the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Awards. She holds a Masters of Professional Writing and a Masters of Business Administration, both from the University of Southern California. She lives in Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gayle Francis

An oddly structured walk through the Andrea Yates case. I didn't care much for how it flowed, and I'm uncertain why certain sections were included, but I did find it terrifying and fascinating to watch the events unfold. If you're of a certain age, you remember the Yates case. A loving mother, stric......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Marlene♥

on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 I wrote: I have read more then half but I have to say I am very disappointed.I do not like the way it was written.You do not get any reliable information. It is mostly hear say. I discovered this book was written in a hurry and finished before the trial was doneThat's......more

Goodreads review by Jlsimon

This is a powerful story. It is heartbreaking. This book describes the crime and trial of Andrea Yates. This book got 3 stars for the following reasons. 1. A lot of research went into this book - A strong plus. 2. The material is well organized, and well written - another strong plus. 3. I got this boo......more

Goodreads review by Jill

A fair telling of the Andrea Yates case, from the morning of her crimes up until...? Everything is pretty cohesive and somewhat thorough until Yates’ actual trial—then the detail vanishes and the events are sped through, like someone who has a deadline to hit and the story they’re covering isn’t qui......more