POLICE IN A SMALL MICHIGAN TOWN were
startled when a young woman, her
children with her, drove to the jail to
surrender. " ! did it!...! clid itl " she
screamed, and told them she had set fire
to the bedroom in which her husband
slept-then fled, leaving him to die in
flames.
Her name was Francine Hughes. This is
the story, exactly as it happened, of her
crime.
What forced this " ordinary" housewife
to kill? What could justify such a horrify-
ing act? This remarkable book reveals
the helplessness of a woman trapped in
an intolerable marriage; how she be-
came the virtual prisoner of an ever more
abusive and terrifying man.
At twenty-nine Francine had endured
thirteen years with Mickey Hughes dur-
ing which youthful romance and ideal-
ism turned to disillusion and daily fear-
then escalated to terror as each
outbreak of Mickey s violence brought
her closer to death. Flight was impossi-
ble unless she abandoned her beloved
children. This, she refused to do. Police,
the courts, and social agencies blandly
turned aside her pleas for help. "Every
door was closed. Every time ! failed !
sank lower. Every day Mickey was coming
closer to killing me. It was like living with
a bomb-waiting for it to explode."
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