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*Low contrast scan*"Police in a small Michigan town were Started 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, of her crime. What forced this "ordinary" housewife to kill? What could justify such a horrifying act? This remarkable book reveals the helplessness of a woman trapped in an intolerable marriage; how she became the virtual prisoner of an ever more abusive and terrifying man. At twenty-nine Francine had endured thirteen years with Mickey Hughes during which youthful romance and idealism turned to disillusion and daily fear--then escalated to terror as each outbreak of Mickey's violence brought her closer to death. Flight was impossible unless she abandoned her beloved children. This she refused to do. Police, the courts, and social agencies blandly turned aside her pleas for help. "Every door was closed. Every time l failed I sank lower. Every day Mickey was coming closer to killing me. It was like living with a bomb--waiting

Who reads The Burning Bed: The True Story of Francine Hughes?

Author

Faith McNulty

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published

1980

Language

EN

ISBN

9780151149810

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.23 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13