Weep for the Living

A former warden of Angola Prison shoots his wife five times with a pistol, then sits down to watch her die on her plantation home porch. The victim, author Anne Butler, survives to tell this true crime story, detailing the unraveling of her seven-year marriage and how it led to her near-murder. Interspersed with simple black and white snapshots and full of compassion and humor, this stranger-than-fiction story of murder, survival, and forgiveness offers keen insights into the mind of both victim and criminal. Ms. Butler also wrote Audubon Plantation Country Cookbook ($25.00), named Best New Cookbook of the Year by LouisianaButler, Anne is the author of 'Weep for the Living', published 2000 under ISBN 9780738840772 and ISBN 0738840777.