Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder

my first book of the year.

Small Sacrifices indeed. Elizabeth Diane Downs was completely off-whack. Her youth may have contributed to her warped view on society, but that's still no excuse for her crime. Not as drawn out as the investigation itself, I'm sure, but to relive the frustration experienced by everyone involved became a little tedious. A great read, nevertheless, but I would only recommend this book to those who enjoy reading books over 400 pages. It does, however, reveal to us how normal a sociopath may look, or act. She had half the world convinced she was innocent, and half the world convinced she was faking innocence. The question of “why?” doesn't linger in my mind, though. I could tell from the start of the book, as it described her arrival at the hospital, that she did not have her priorities straight... What good does standing there honking your horn do when anyone who might be able to help your poor, suffering, dying children is inside the hospital, out of earshot? I saw from the beginning that she had more than one screw loose and she didn't really want to save her children