When Pastor Matthew Winkler was found dead at his Fourth Street Church of Christ parsonage in Selmer, Tennessee, both police investigators and parishioners were shaken and worried about Mrs.
Winkler and her three daughters who were missing.
After a frantic search, Mary Winkler and the girls were found on a beach in Alabama.
Mary was then charged with murdering her husband in cold blood.
This book is extremely well written and really allows you to get into the mind set of Mary Winkler.
I truly believe her reasons for doing this, although they are trivial but I firmly believe that in her bid to be loyal to her husband, has not mentioned all the abuse she encountered throughout her marriage.
Although in this day and age it is difficult to believe that there are still women like Mary out there(shy and retiring) Diane Fanning writes in a way that you can empathize and believe in Mary Winkler.
The way Diane Fanning writes about the family dynamics and how it all falls apart is easy to follow and understand.
Bearing in mind that Mary Winkler was loved by her in-laws and how this relationship falls apart when she tells the truth really re enforces for me that nurture prevails over nature.
Her husband obviously was brought up in abusive home(this is not mentioned in the book)but I believe more of the passive aggressive kind.
I believe this because what his parents did afterwards for me is unacceptable and just proves for me that they were not as nice as they portrayed themselves to be.
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