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Cold-blooded kindness : neuroquirks of a codependent killer, or, Just give me a shot at loving you, dear : and other reflections on helping that hurts by David Sloan Wilson; Barbara Oakley is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.

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Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others' How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs'including those of our hidden passions' This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and abiding need to help society's outcasts. At her rural homestead an adopted pony mingled with llamas, goats, emus, and dozens of other creatures, familiar and exotic. But Carole's expressed desire to help others extended beyond the animals she took in. It extended beyond her meager resources, even beyond the children she insisted she loved, yet sometimes left neglected in a surreal world of danger. Finally, in the remote reaches of Utah's Great Basin, Carole Alden shot and killed her husband. Dragging his heavy body from the house, she headed for a makeshift grave. Was the murder self-defense' Premeditated' Or was something else altogether at hand' In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery that examines the questions: Are some people naturally too caring' Is caring sometimes a mask for darker motives' Can science help

Who reads Cold-blooded kindness : neuroquirks of a codependent killer, or, Just give me a shot at loving you, dear : and other reflections on helping that hurts?

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Author
David Sloan Wilson; Barbara Oakley
Publisher
Prometheus ; Roundhouse [distributor
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9781616144203
Category
true crime
Subjects
Psychology, Social Science, True Crime
Rating
3.79 / 5 (60 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14