My Sweet Angel

The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015, when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son, Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that the 27-year-old mother had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube.

To the outside world, Lacey had seemed like the perfect mother, regularly posting dramatic updates on her son's harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a textbook case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. From the time he was an infant, she deliberately made Garnett sick to elicit sympathy from medical professionals, as well as her hundreds of followers on Facebook and other social media. When a Westchester County jury found her guilty of killing Garnett in April 2015, she was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

Using Lacey's own never-before-seen Facebook, Twitter, and blog posts, an exclusive prison interview with Lacey herself, as well as interviews with her family and the three police investigators who broke the case, My Sweet Angel gives the definitive account of this extraordinary case that shocked the world.

©2016 John Glatt (P)2016 Tantor

Very eye opening. Definitely hard to put down.

This is an incredibly sad book. It is also incredibly written.

I recommend this book to everyone.

Great Story!

This book was a slow start but once it gets going you can’t stop listening. At first I was not really into all of the social media emphasis they put in the book I thought ok geez how many times are you going to reference this..? But it is definitely for a purpose. They really set the stage for the story and the back ground was great to have! Definitely one of my favorites so so sad! Poor Garnet :(

The true story of a monster "mother"

This is the tragic true story of one little boy who was tortured by his mother for his entire 5 years of life...until one day she either intentionally or accidentally took her awful game too far and killed him.I had seen this story on 20/20 and on that show they had the video tape of this poor little boy's last interactions with his mother. The fact that she sits there and stares at him patiently waiting for the poison to take effect is chilling. Lacey Spears is a callous, sadistic psychopath with no feelings for her own flesh and blood. After she killed her son, she set up a Go Fund Me account within hours to try to extract money and sympathy from the public. Everything about this woman is horrendous... this book will make you sad and angry. It seemed that even doctors were fooled by her , at least initially. She also had all her friends fooled , even though many of them had concerns about her behavior. I hope that this book makes the reader more aware of Munchausen by Proxy; because there are most certainly other woman out there right now that are doing similar things to their own children . The telling of this story could cause someone to recognize someone in their own life that is exhibiting the same types of behavior...and maybe save a child's life.
This is a well written account of the awful story of Lacey and Garnett Spears. The narrator has a very pleasing (British) voice. I recommend it to people who are interested in this genre of book.

Terrible narration

The story was interesting and worth a listen, but the narration is terrible. It was somewhat difficult to get through because of it. I am not sure why they thought a true crime story merited a British narrator, but that is who was used for this book.

Narration UGH

A good story, well-written. Why on earth pick a British narrator for a book written about the American South? Rapid fire delivery with many words run together. Some interesting pronunciations not related to his country of origin. Try the written version instead.

Great read!

Would you listen to My Sweet Angel again? Why?

No, but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of My Sweet Angel?

There were several plot twists so answering this question is tough!

Have you listened to any of Shaun Grindell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

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Not a typical John Glatt book

Being my first audiobook, I felt assured that John Glatt would be a great choice. I'm a major fan of his true crime writings. Maybe could have been the foreign accent of the narrator, but I struggled sometimes with the repetitiveness of the story. All the same, glad to have heard it.

Fascinating!

This was a very detailed, well written book. I've listened to it multiple times, and I'm always amazed by what a psycho Laci Spears is. Her family is in complete denial. There is no doubt in my mind, that she killed her son. I despise her, and will listen to this story again.

That poor child

To think of what that poor child went through. Lacey Spears says she is innocent, which means she’ll probably never get the mental help she truly needs. A family in denial. Sad story but a good read!

Heartbreaking

The story of Garnett Spears' tragically short life is captured with stunning clarity and frankness. Lacey's web of lies is laid bare and found wanting as an explanation for her son's hard existence. Excellently written and meticulously researched. The only downside to me was the narrator. His particular accent and inflection was distracting to me.