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The Burning Bed
The Burning Bed
Author: Faith McNulty
Police in a small Michigan town were startled when a young woman, her children with her, drove to the jail to surrender. "I did it!...I did it!" 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...  more »
ISBN: 431321
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 303
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: HBJ
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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