Rating: 4 out of 5 starsTHE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF THE ONLY AMISH MAN EVER CONVICTED OF HOMICIDE.
On a cold, gray March evening near Mill Village, Pennsylvania, Edward Gingerich brutally murdered and mutilated his wife as their two children looked on in horror. It was an act of madness that would shock his small Amish community...and the nation. (Summary from Goodreads.com)
Out of all books I have read in my life this one really affected me. First I'll say my husband grew up in the Brownhill community and after we got married we lived there for four years. I didn't know the Gingerich's personally like my In-Laws did but I got to know my Amish neighbors who were mentioned in the book. So this story hit close to home. Being the avid reader that I am, I can't believe it took me this long to read it. When it came to describing the way Ed killed his wife, Katie...it was gruesome. Ed Gingerich was more disturbed then I've ever imagined. For me the story was well written and it described Ed's life before that dreadful evening of March 18, 1993. I breezed through it but that may be because of my connection to the area and for knowing some of the people mentioned in the story.
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