Small Sacrifices
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Ann Rule
This searching analysis of the shooting of three children in Oregon by their mother devolves into a study of personality. In May of 1983, Diane Downs drove to a Williamette Valley hospital emergency room with her children, all gravely wounded; one did not survive the first hour, and the other two were disabled for life. Downs initially told of a "bushy-haired stranger" who had committed the crime, but frequently changed her story. Under police questioning she recalled her childhood with a cold, domineering father who abused her sexually, her weak mother, a rape by one of her bosses, her failed marriage and many men with whom she had sex. One of these men, whom she claimed to love, did not want children.
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Author
Ann Rule
Pages
611
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Published Date
2004
ISBN
0751535567 9780751535563
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"This was actually the first book I read by this author, sorry."
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"I love true crime in general but this case absolutely floored me. I have never read or heard anything like it and some parts made me literally nauseous and cry so hard. Highly recommend. "
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