Weep for The Living

Download or read book Weep for The Living written by Butler, Anne and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survivor's firsthand account of attempted murder in St. Francisville, Louisiana. A former warden of Angola Prison shoots his wife five times with a pistol, then sits down to watch her die on her plantation home porch. The victim, author Anne Butler, survives to tell this true crime story, detailing the unraveling of her seven-year marriage and how it led to her near-murder. Interspersed with simple black and white snapshots, this stranger-than-fiction story of murder, survival, and forgiveness offers keen insights into the mind of both victim and criminal.