The Resource Seduced by madness : the true story of the Susan Polk murder case, Carol Pogash
Seduced by madness : the true story of the Susan Polk murder case, Carol Pogash
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- Summary
- In October 2002, the quiet northern California town of Orinda was rocked when Susan Polk, the mother of three teenage boys, was arrested for stabbing her husband and former therapist, Dr. Felix Polk, to death. Here, journalist Pogash reconstructs the case. Examining the decadent culture of California in the 1970s, Pogash looks at how, in this period of drugs and sexual exploration, a teen found herself caught in the grasp of a therapist who, like many others, fell for every passing trend in mental health therapy. Pogash reconstructs the vague beginnings of the couple's sexual relationship in the therapist's office, exploring how Felix's relaxed attitude toward therapy blinded him to the complex nature of Susan's mental state, and how their mutual obsession with each other sealed their fate. Pogash also provides a first-hand account of the media-circus murder trial in which Susan defended herself.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Label
- Seduced by madness : the true story of the Susan Polk murder case
- Title
- Seduced by madness
- Title remainder
- the true story of the Susan Polk murder case
- Statement of responsibility
- Carol Pogash
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In October 2002, the quiet northern California town of Orinda was rocked when Susan Polk, the mother of three teenage boys, was arrested for stabbing her husband and former therapist, Dr. Felix Polk, to death. Here, journalist Pogash reconstructs the case. Examining the decadent culture of California in the 1970s, Pogash looks at how, in this period of drugs and sexual exploration, a teen found herself caught in the grasp of a therapist who, like many others, fell for every passing trend in mental health therapy. Pogash reconstructs the vague beginnings of the couple's sexual relationship in the therapist's office, exploring how Felix's relaxed attitude toward therapy blinded him to the complex nature of Susan's mental state, and how their mutual obsession with each other sealed their fate. Pogash also provides a first-hand account of the media-circus murder trial in which Susan defended herself.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- IFA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pogash, Carol
- Dewey number
- 364.1523092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6534.O695
- LC item number
- P64 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Polk, Susan
- Murder
- Trials (Murder)
- Label
- Seduced by madness : the true story of the Susan Polk murder case, Carol Pogash
- Link
- Note
- Includes index
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036863255
- Label
- Seduced by madness : the true story of the Susan Polk murder case, Carol Pogash
- Link
- Note
- Includes index
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036863255
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