Recounts the events that led a battered wife to shoot her husband, a Texas surgeon, describes their strained marriage, and follows the course of her trial
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Summary
This is a true crime story about a woman Kay Sandiford, who is also the co-author of the book, and was married to an upcoming heart surgeon. Her husband wanted to be the best heart surgeon in the world and tried to make the best impression wherever he went. He wanted a house in the best neighborhood where another top heart surgeon lived and he wanted to be accepted by the most affluent families. Everything on the surface of his married life seemed idyllic, but according to his wife, that was not the case at home. He belittled her and abused her, both physically and emotionally until she could take it no more. The last part of the book takes us through the trial and you can decide if the murder was self defense or not.