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Book Review of The Cradle Will Fall

The Cradle Will Fall
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A healthy young wife, Michele Remington wanted very much to be a mother. She celebrated her pregnacy with a cigar for her husband, much love and laughter. But soon after her baby's birth, Michele fell victim ti postpartum depression. And on a rainy Vermont day, she shot and killed her infant son. then she turned the gun on herself -inly to survive.This is her ture story of her descent into madness and her recovery. She gives a stunning firsthand account of fighting the depression that caused her to commit an unpardonable crime. This was a sad story of one women's horrible illness and the terrible crime she committed as a result.