Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation Book

This book is very disturbing but also fascinating. Unfortunately, it is totally uneven. The parts that discuss the Rowe family and the support group for mothers of disabled children are gripping. I loved reading about the different mothers and how they handled raising their children. On the other hand, the parts about Bob Rowe's battle with the legal system to get his license to practice law back after murdering his family and then going to a mental hospital for only two years are not nearly as interesting. The author wants to make us think that Bob Rowe is in a morally ambiguous situation and so she tries to paint him as sympathetically as she can--however, I never really bought into the author's attempts at a kind of objectivity ( and I don't think the author bought into her own sympathetic portrayal of Rowe either). Interesting though.