The Man Who Murdered My Mother by Tina Ann Healey
TITLE INFORMATION
THE MAN WHO MURDERED MY MOTHER:
A DAUGHTER’S JOURNEY OF SEEKING JUSTICE
Tina Ann Healey
Black Rose Writing, 343 pages
9781684332885, 6.20.19
BOOK REVIEW
Overall Rating = 4.0
Storyline & Concept = 5
Writing & Delivery = 3.5
Cover Marketability = 3.5
Editorial = 4
Donna Litchfield was 24 in the summer of 1976 when she was murdered by her former boyfriend. She left behind a two-year-old daughter, Tina Healey, who uses newspaper articles, courtroom testimony, and personal reminiscences to paint a picture of her mother and her relationship with her killer, Stephen Moore. Moore escaped from the maximum-security Trenton State Prison, where he had been sentenced to life. He was on the run for five years before turning himself in. His sentence was overturned to not guilty by reason of insanity. Healey advocates for the passage of Donna’s Law, which would change the charge of not guilty by reason of insanity in murder cases to guilty by reason of insanity.
Sublime Line: “A compelling true tale of crime and punishment told from the point of view of the victim’s child.”
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