While They Slept: An Inquiry Into the Murder of a Family, (Paperback)

from justablondemoment

I really struggled through this book. I did not like they way the author blended all her past experiences with the Gilley children. When I read a true crime book it is to learn about the facts of the case. This book was more opinions the author held on "why" things happened the way they did. If s...

from Eliz12

As with other reviewers, I found the author's need to constantly view this tragedy in light of her own history deeply frustrating. She is not a psychologist, and yet Harrison is forever analyzing the motives, writings, comments of the Gilley children and even their dead parents, who (of course) s...

from dablackwood

Every time I read this author, I'm disappointed. I won't read anything else. She is a good writer but her approach baffles me. In this case she's writing about actual events but really she wants to tell her story again. The one she told in "The Kiss." Anyone who reads her knows that she had an in...

from BellaFoxx

This book was in the True Crime section, but it reads more like a memoir, a combined memoir of the author's life, Billy's life and Jody's life. With extensive interviews of the children, friends, and others she has brought together Billy's and Jody's memories into a cohesive account. She details ...