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The Burning Bed
The Burning Bed
Author: Faith McNulty
Francine Hughes was charged with the death by fire of her husband, Mickey Hughes, in 1977. Had it occurred a decade earlier, the facts underlying the crime would probably never have been widely known, but in the seventies there was a new willingness to listen to a story such as hers. By the time she went to trial her case had become a cause c...  more »
ISBN: 278073
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 303
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Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book is a horrifyingly true story of Francine Hughes and the living hell she went through during and after her marriage to Mickey Hughes who was a sadistic wife beater. The outcome of the trial will make you want to jump up and cheer -- it's an example of good overcoming evil!
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Gripping true story of a woman, brutalized by her husband, who was forced to take the law into her own hands. Later made into a movie starring Farrah Fawcett


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