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Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Whatever Mother Says A True Story of a Mother Madness and Murder - St. Martin's True Crime Library
Author: Wensley Clarkson
To neighbors, she was the brave single mother... — Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But her youngest daughter, 16-year-old Terry, told police another story: one almost too terrible to believe. — But accused of imprisoning her children in a house of horrors... — Ac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312955427
ISBN-10: 0312955421
Publication Date: 3/15/1995
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 64 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
The story behind the book is extraordinary, but I wasn't crazy about the author's writing style. He tended to babble a bit.
reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 209 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Scary and absölutely frightening.Beware before you read + This could destroy your belief in family
Shervivor avatar reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 97 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This book is disturbing because an evil mudereress can get away with it for so many years and go on living her life as normal. It was written in 1995 so updates on what has happened since the trial is missing. Also, the author does not give the timing of events very well so it is hard to keep track of when different occurances happened.
ckataoka avatar reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
What a tragic and twisted story. A must read for any True Crime lover.
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Helpful Score: 1
The most horrifying true life crime I have ever read.
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reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 29 more book reviews
Very good just like to read these kind of books
Amanda210 avatar reviewed Whatever Mother Says... : A True Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on
I was interested in reading this book because I used to live in the same areas that Mrs. Knorr lived when she comitted the murders. (North Sacramento and Orangevale) The story was slow to start, but once it got going, I couldnt stop. Its odd that no one thought that this woman needed psychiatric help. Everyone turns heir head. The only bad part of this true crime account is that it does not go into the livesa of the family after the mother was imprisoned. The book stops at the trial.


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