Sara Thornton
Sara Thornton
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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 | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780575055810 |
| ISBN 10 | 0575055812 |
| Title | Sara Thornton |
| Author | Jennifer Nadel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1993-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |