Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts (Psychology)

Oakley Ph.D, Barbara

ISBN 10: 161614419X / ISBN 13: 9781616144197

Published by Prometheus, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts (Psychology)
• Publisher: Prometheus
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161614419X
• ISBN 13: 9781616144197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who had a deep and abiding need to help society's outcasts. But Carole's desire to help others extended beyond her meagre resources, even beyond the children she insisted she loved, yet sometimes neglected. Finally, in the remote reaches of Utah's Great Basin, Carole Alden shot and killed her husband. Dragging his heavy body from the house, she headed for a makeshift grave. Was the murder self-defence? Premeditated? Or was something else altogether? This searing exploration of deadly codependency takes the reader on a fascinating voyage of discovery that brings extraordinary insight to our deepest questions. Is kindness always the right answer? Is kindness always what it seems?

About the Author

Barbara Oakley is a best-selling author, vice-president of the world's largest bioengineering society, and a professor of engineering at Oakland University, Michigan.