My Sweet Angel

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

De: John Glatt

Narrado por: Shaun Grindell

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

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 :(

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.

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.

Very interesting

So sad but so true. Mental illness is real and effects the whole family. Story was so very heartbreaking.