Ebook {Epub PDF} While They Slept: An Inquiry Into the Murder of a Family by Kathryn Harrison

 · While they Slept is] a morally nuanced story, and a culmination of Harrison’s favored themes: sex, family and power.”— Time Out New York “You can count on Harrison for white-water prose and ferocious candor Harrison’s intense and resonant inquiry affirms the cathartic power of the story, and reflects on the miraculous cycle of loss and death.”—Brand: Random House Publishing Group. Based on interviews with Billy and Jody as well as with friends, police, and social workers involved in the case, While They Slept is Kathryn Harrison’s unflinching inquiry into the dark heart of violence in an American family, and a personal quest to understand how young people go on after tragedy–to examine the extent as well as the limits of psychic resilience. Kathryn Harrison. Random House Publishing Group, - True Crime - pages. 7 Reviews. Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents.3/5(7).

While They Slept - An Inquiry Into the Murder of a Family Describes how eighteen-year-old Billy Gilley, Jr. brutally murdered his parents and younger sister and the aftermath of the shocking crime, in a study that reflects on the deadly effects of abuse and violence within a family. True Crimes - A Family Album. While They Slept: An Inquiry Into The Murder Of A Family|Kathryn Harrison, Elite Strike Force! (The Penguins of Madagascar)|Michael Anthony Steele, Jurassic Playground - VeggieTales Mission Possible Adventure Series #4: Personalized for Camden|Doug Peterson, Critical Control Systems Theory (Engineering Systems Modelling Control)|Whidborne. While They Slept An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family. Kathryn Harrison. • 8 Ratings; $; $; The Gilley family murders ended a lifetime of physical and mental abuse suffered by Billy and Jody at the hands of their parents. And it required each of the two survivors-one a convicted murderer, the other suddenly an orphan-to.

The first thing to know before reading this book is that Kathryn Harrison has a bit of a sordid past. Her book The Kiss is about her romantic relationship with her biological father. While They Slept is about the murder of the Gilley family by the only son, Billy. He kills his mother, father, and youngest sister, while saving his other sister so they can be "free". Buy a cheap copy of While They Slept: An Inquiry into the book by Kathryn Harrison. Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on. Based on interviews with Billy and Jody as well as with friends, police, and social workers involved in the case, While They Slept is Kathryn Harrison’s unflinching inquiry into the dark heart of violence in an American family, and a personal quest to understand how young people go on after tragedy–to examine the extent as well as the limits of psychic resilience.