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With echoes of Darin Strauss' About half a Life and Cheryl Strayed's Wild comes a magnificently written, riveting memoir that examines the complexities of companionship in the aftermath of the tragedy. Four weeks before their college or university graduation, 21-year-old Kevin Schaeffer walked Amy Butcher to her home in their college or university town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Hours after parting ways with Amy, he fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Emily Silverstein. While he awaited trial, psychiatrists concluded he previously suffered an serious psychotic chance. Amy was greatly damaged by Kevin's criminal offense but remained devoted to him as a friend. As time passes she became obsessed - determined to discover the narrative that described what Kevin got done, believing that Kevin's activities were the immediate consequence of his untreated health issues. The tragedy deeply shook her concept of reality, disrupted her sense of right and incorrect, and dismantled every conceivable notion she'd set up about herself and her regards to the globe. Amy eventually became aware she'd never have the answers or find personal calmness unless she travelled after them herself. She drove across the country, back to Gettysburg for the first time in the three years since graduation, to sift through hundreds of webpages of public record information - mental health evaluations, detectives' records, inventories of research, search warrants, testimonies, even Kevin's own confession. That is Amy Butcher's deeply personal, heart-wrenching consideration of the results of declining her good friend when perhaps he needed one most. It is the account of how trauma affects memory space and the way a companionship changes and frequently strengthens through apparently insurmountable challenges. Eventually it's a powerful testament to the bonds we tell others and the serious resiliency and strength of the real human spirit.

Category: Crime & Criminals