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Are You There Alone?

The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates

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Are You There Alone?

Yazan: Suzanne O'Malley
Seslendiren: Becky Ann Baker
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 With a new introduction from the author, Suzanne O'Malley delivers the definitive account of the landmark trial of Andrea Yates—one that fundamentally altered the understanding of postpartum mental health.

An Unspeakable Crime by investigative journalist Suzanne O'Malley, previously published as Are You There Alone?, investigates the Andrea Yates case and the devastating intersection of postpartum psychosis, medical treatment, religious extremism, and the criminal justice system. On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five young children in their family home outside Houston, Texas. The killings shocked the nation and brought widespread attention to postpartum mental illness and the legal definition of insanity.

O'Malley began reporting on the case within hours of the tragedy. Drawing on extensive medical and court records and interviews with more than 120 people—including Andrea Yates, her husband Rusty Yates, relatives, friends, physicians, and preacher Michael Woroniecki—she reconstructs Andrea's deteriorating mental health, repeated psychiatric hospitalizations, and the religious teachings that influenced her delusions. Her investigation examines failures in Andrea's treatment and the decisions surrounding her care before the killings.

The book chronicles Yates's controversial first trial, her conviction for three murders, and her sentence of life in prison. That conviction was later overturned after prosecution psychiatrist Park Dietz gave false testimony about a nonexistent Law & Order episode that he suggested had inspired the crime. At her 2006 retrial, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a Texas state psychiatric hospital.

This new edition includes an introduction comparing the Yates case with the Lindsay Clancy case, along with previously undisclosed information from O'Malley's correspondence with Andrea during her imprisonment.

Both a deeply reported true-crime investigation and an examination of severe maternal mental illness, An Unspeakable Crime explores how psychiatric care, religious influence, media scrutiny, and the courts shaped the Andrea Yates case—and the lives forever changed by it. Gender Studies Law Murder Social Sciences True Crime Mental Illness Depression
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This book, it was hard to listen to at first. I, myself suffered for Post Natal Depression and Psychosis, left untreated for a year, so this story if very real to me, parts of it were too close to home. I felt every emotion that was written in this book, my heart aches for her and her family.

Heart breaking story

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As a true crime book it was as I would expect. Well researched and definitely heartbreaking to understand all the points that were not followed up to create this tragic story. As a book it was a bit of an essay. Meaning that it was to the point and nothing more or less. Definitely worth listening to as the story is worth the value of your time to understand. It is just not exciting.

True Crime

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A narrative of the facts leading up to, and following on from, the heartbreaking murders committed by Andrea Yates. It is written without judgement, and with a sympathetic slant towards Andrea, and her mental illness. The strongest impression I am left with is the mostly inadequate treatment she received under the mental health professionals she attended, except for one this was a shocking litany of failure to match symptoms to treatment. There is a lot of verbatim from interviews included here which I am not sure are all that necessary to understand the facts of this case.

The facts and nothing but the facts

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this is one boring read. he goes on and on about himself and he doesn't delve into this awful sad story more. I'm sorry but don't waste your time or money on this book

not worth listening to.

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