To the bridge
Subtitle: a true story of motherhood and murder
By: Nancy Rommelmann
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little A
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781542048422; 9781542048415
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Family secrets; Filicide; Attempted murder; Case studies
Description: On May 23, 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith drove to the middle of the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and dropped her two children into the Willamette River. Embarking on a seven-year quest for the truth, Rommelmann traced the roots of Amanda's fury and desperation through thousands of pages of records, withheld documents, meetings with lawyers and convicts, and interviews with friends and family who felt shocked, confused, and emotionally swindled by a woman whose entire life was now defined by an unspeakable crime. At the heart of that crime: a tempestuous marriage, a family on the fast track to self-destruction, and a myriad of secrets and lies as dark and turbulent as the Willamette River.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.