Sara Thornton by Jennifer Nadel

Sara Thornton by Jennifer Nadel

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In February 1989 Sara Thornton was jailed for life for killing her violent, alcoholic husband. This is the story of her marriage to Malcolm Thornton, an ex-policeman, whose drunken brutality and threats to kill both Sara and her daughter provoked her to a last desperate act.

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Sara Thornton by Jennifer Nadel

In February 1989, Sara Thornton was jailed for life for killing her violent, alcoholic husband. 18 months later, her appeal was turned down. In the same week, Joseph McGrail walked free from court, having murdered his alcoholic wife, a woman who, in the words of the judge "would have tried the patience of a saint". This prompted Sara to go on hunger strike and for women's groups everywhere to campaign for her release. Now a cause celebre, her case focuses attention on battered and abused women whose cries for help have for so long been ignored. This is her story: of her privileged but emotionally deprived childhood and her marriage to Malcolm Thornton, an ex-policeman, whose accelerating spiral of drunken brutality, and his threats to kill both Sara and her daughter, provoked her to one last desperate act.
Anderson, Gillian: - Nadel, Jennifer
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780575055810
ISBN 10 0575055812
Titre Sara Thornton
Auteur Jennifer Nadel
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Orion Publishing Co
Année de publication 1993-05-13
Nombre de pages 256
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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