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| Title | : | Seduced by Madness |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061535672 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
Three years later she was tried for first degree murder, choosing to act as her own attorney in a trial that rapidly devolved into one of the most outrageous media circuses in modern history. She was fifteen when she visited the therapist; still a teen when they first had sex. To a crowded courtroom, Susan Polk presented her defense—a bizarre story of unethical therapies, abuse, repressed memories, and satanic rituals—and, in doing so, exposed her madness. Carol Pogash was there.Seduced by Madness is the remarkably compelling, profoundly disturbing true story of the severe dysfunction of an affluent American family, as told by the leading journalist who worked the case. She was twenty-five when she married him and forty-four when she killed him.In October 2002, Susan Polk, the soft-spoken mother of three teenage boys, was arrested for stabbing her husband and former therapist, Dr. Felix Polk, to death. It is a spellbinding re-creation of a troubled life, a marriage, a murder, and a terrifying, inexorable descent into madn
Ksmsantana said Starts off interesting, goes downhill fast. I'm giving this book Starts off interesting, goes downhill fast I'm giving this book 3 stars because the beginning/background story was really interesting, but the second part of the book that covered the trial was just awful. "Seduced by Madness" is the true story of how Susan and Felix Polk met, married, raised a family and ultimately ended up murdered (Felix) and on trial for murder (Susan). Aside from the murder itself, the craziest part of this story was the trial, which is why I am so disappointed as to how the author handled that (large) portion of the book. I almost stopped reading at this point because it was so boring. It was honestly like reading straight from the transcri. stars because the beginning/background story was really interesting, but the second part of the book that covered the trial was just awful. "Seduced by Madness" is the true story of how Susan and Felix Polk met, married, raised a family and ultimately ended up murdered (Felix) and on trial for murder (Susan). Aside from the murder itself, the craziest part of this story was the trial, which is why I am so disappointed as to how the author handled that (large) portion of the book. I almost stopped reading at this point because it was so boring. It was honestly like reading straight from the transcri. "Tragic yet mesmerizing" Karen Franklin This story illustrates the old axiom that truth is stranger than fiction. The fascinating tale has so many bizarre twists and turns that one cannot help but be transfixed. Susan Polk begins seeing her therapist at age 15, marries the much older man a few years later, and a quarter of a century later stabs him 27 times, leaving him in a pool of blood in the pool house of the family's luxurious estate.In between these bookends, journalist Carol Pogash tells the story of Susan Polk's deepening personal madness embedded in the cultural madness of the psychotherapy world of the 1960s and 1970s in Berkeley, where therapist-pat. "Cuckoo for Coco Puffs: A new classic of the genre" according to MJS. Every so often in the true crime genre author and subject come together in an almost fated way to produce a book that illuminates not only the crime but the times that produced it. McGinniss's Blind Faith, Stumbo's Until the Twelfth of Never, Alexander's Very Much a Lady and Rule's The Stranger Beside Me are among the select few and now they are joined by Carol Pogash's Seduced by Madness. This is a fine, almost ridiculously readable book by any standard.The Polk murder case was true crime fodder even before the lead defense attorney's wife was murdered just before trial. Susan Polk was accused of murdering her husband,
For fans of true crime, psychology, courtroom drama and truth-is- stranger-than fiction, this is a triumph. While the background is fascinating, the coverage of the trial is mesmerizing. Pogash, in fairness, points out the liberal therapy theories of the post '60s (Felix was an est follower), but the early inappropriate relationship between Susan and Felix would weigh heavily on their marriage and figure prominently in the murder trial. They had three boys (two of whom testified against their mother) and claimed their eldest, Adam, was subjected to abuse and satanic rituals in the California preschool scandal of the '80s. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review.
She lives in Orinda, California.. She is the author of the book As Real As It Gets. Carol Pogash is a regular contributor to the New York Times and has written for the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Washington Post, and many other newspapers and magazines
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