The burning bed
By: by Faith McNulty.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Hughes, Francine, 1947-; Wife abuse -- Michigan; Marital violence -- Michigan; Abused wives -- Michigan -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Recounts the tragic story of a battered wife, who in desperation murdered her tormenting husband, and describes how they met and married, and how their relationship deteriorated. Hughes was tried in Lansing, Michigan, and found by a jury of her peers to be not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.