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While the City Slept
- A Love Lost to Violence and a Wake-Up Call for Mental Health Care in America
- Narrado por: Rene Ruiz
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's gripping account of one young man's path to murder - and a wake-up call for mental health care in America.
On a summer night in 2009, three lives intersected in one American neighborhood. Two people newly in love - Teresa Butz and Jennifer Hopper, who spent many years trying to find themselves and who eventually found each other - and a young man on a dangerous psychological descent: Isaiah Kalebu, age 23, the son of a distant, authoritarian father and a mother with a family history of mental illness. All three paths forever altered by a violent crime, all three stories a wake-up call to the system that failed to see the signs.
In this riveting, probing, compassionate account of a murder in Seattle, Eli Sanders, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his newspaper coverage of the crime, offers a deeply reported portrait in microcosm of the state of mental health care in this country - as well as an inspiring story of love and forgiveness. Culminating in Kalebu's dangerous slide toward violence - observed by family members, police, mental health workers, lawyers, and judges, but stopped by no one - While the City Slept is the story of a crime of opportunity and of the string of missed opportunities that made it possible. It shows what can happen when a disturbed member of society repeatedly falls through the cracks and, in the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, is an indelible, human-level story, brilliantly told, with the potential to inspire social change.
Reseñas de la Crítica
“Expertly crafted...[Sanders’] evenhanded reporting and emotional commitment to the story make for gripping reading.” (The Washington Post)
“A heartbreaking - and compelling - story from every angle.... Americans have long been fascinated by true-crime stories, from Truman Capote’s 1966 masterpiece, In Cold Blood, through this year’s binge-worthy TV series Making a Murderer. The bad guy is always mesmerizing. What makes a person go to that dark side? Sanders works hard to provide the answers.... [He] does a terrific job of telling the life stories of all three principal characters.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“An arresting narrative...Certainly a story worth telling with lessons well worth learning.... It’s heartbreaking all the way around.” (The Seattle Times)
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An in-depth view of the flaws in our mental healthcare system
This book was very well researched and written. If you're looking for a fast paced or mystery style crime novel, this isn't it. But if you're interested in character studies, court proceedings, and deep analysis of a multifaceted social problem, this is a detailed and compassionate look at the people involved with a crime that most likely could have been prevented by mental healthcare intervention at any one of multiple points in the deterioration of the perpetrator's mental state.
As someone looking at a career in psychology, this book really hit home for me. There is a desperate need for mental health services in this country, and the lack of them is a direct cause of enormous costs, both financially (in court costs, property damage, and prison housing costs) and in lives. The victims of crimes like this one, as well as the families of perpetrators, and even the perpetrators themselves pay an enormous price for our lack of adequate mental health resources. This book demonstrates that in a detailed account of the instances in which intervention might have made a major difference, and in shedding a broader light on the flaws and gaps in the intersection of our mental healthcare and criminal justice systems.
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Powerful, provocative and pensive.
An honest and brilliantly written account of all sides of a horrific crime. It's rare to find a reporter so willing to explore the background of victims and criminals alike and to find a survivor with so much strength and courage to fight for justice.
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Tragedy and hope
If you could sum up While the City Slept in three words, what would they be?
Horrific, inspiring, and illuminating.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Not that kind of a story. All the characters are (were) real people, many of whom were likable and admirable. I could never choose a favorite in this story.
Have you listened to any of Rene Ruiz’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No. But I think this narration was excellent, somehow combining compassion with a matter of fact presentation of the facts.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The insanity of the American treatment system for the mentally ill.
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This is an eye-opening, honest, and thoroughly researched investigative book relating a horrific incident of violence. Sadly, the attack on Teresa Butz and Jennifer Hopper is only one of a great many incidents of senseless violence perpetrated by crazy, enraged people who in most cases have fallen between the very wide cracks in the US mental health system. The author carefully tells the life stories of Teresa, Jennifer and their assailant, Isaiah. The author describes Isaiah's abusive upbringing and the dearth of mental health resources and laws necessary to restrain and treat him before he began performing acts of violence. The trial is described in detail, as is the verdict and its aftermath. I admire both Teresa and Jennifer hugely, as well as some of the law enforcement personnel involved in their case. I agree that the mental health system needs a major overhaul and adequate funding. Until there is a system in place to treat those at early risk for mental illness, until there are laws that require the mentally ill to stay on their medications, and until adequately staffed institutions are established to contain and restrain those who will not comply, tragedies will continue to happen. Over the past nearly half a century, our country's mental health system went from locked institutions where the mentally ill were warehoused, to the opposite state--abandoning the mentally ill on the street, and allowing them the "right" to refuse what little treatment was available. Tell me, which system is crazier? Many people will benefit from early treatment. Those who do not, and who cross the line and perform horrific acts, should never again be allowed the freedom to harm people. It's tragic that Isaiah suffered abuse and neglect from his father early in his life. But that can't be the sole origin of his problems. Several family members on his mother's side were schizophrenic. It's equally tragic that Isaiah did not receive help when it might have made the greatest difference. Tragic--but in this case, water under the bridge. Having listened to this book, I think that Isaiah knew what he was doing when he attacked and killed Teresa Butz and attacked Jennifer. I can't help feeling relieved that he will be in prison for the rest of his life.
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- Diana D.
- 06-18-16
Deserves the prize
The writing in this book is amazing-complete, respectful of all people concerned, and lots of relevant facts.
As with many substance-based Audible books, though, I would like to see the Audible book come with a PDF with sources--and in the case, with some of the statistics Sanders gives in the last chapter. Guess I'll have to check the book out of the public library. ...
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- Fraggle
- 01-05-17
Sad, but Common...
The narration of this book was good. However, I have read true crime novels with much more punch than this book offered. That's not to say the writing isn't good. It's grammatically correct and there are moments of poetic prose. Also, I thought the author did a good job of grounding the readers in scene by describing various aspects of the city in the beginning of chapters. However, the manner in which this story was told made out feel common. That's not to say that what the victims experienced should be trivialized. It is not unheard of, though. This story hardly sheds new light on a subject we are all too familiar with - mentally ill individuals are not getting the help they need, committing crimes that are poorly judged so they can be pushed through the system.
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- NB
- 08-02-16
A must read
This is one of the very few books I consider a "must read".
Fantastic author and amazing narrator.
Such a complex subject, so incredibly well presented.
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- oneofthelucky
- 11-01-16
Too many boring detais
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
No. It was 3 hours of material stretched over 9 hours. I didn't need to know the life story f every minor character in the book. Very redundant as well. Had to skip ahead a lot.
Would you ever listen to anything by Eli Sanders again?
Maybe. He is a skilled writer but this was just too much.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
The narrator die a good job.
Could you see While the City Slept being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Movie maybe.
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- 08-16-16
Moving, tragic story
This is a truly stunning book. The author does an amazing job honoring the two women affected by such a horrible, tragic crime. He also does a wonderful job detailing the life of the perpetrator. Too often we see news footage of someone who has committed a violent crime and we shake our heads and move on. This story shows us how the system failed Isaiah Kalebu, missing opportunity after opportunity to get him the help he needed. In turn, they failed Jennifer Hopper and Teresa Butz who suffered horrific torture and death at the hands of a clearly mentally ill man. The narrator is wonderful, leading the listener through the sorrow gently. Hard to listen at times but we must listen if we hope to change things.
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- B. Ambroso
- 06-29-16
Great book!
Loved this book! Amazing story and really well told! Definitely recommend to anyone who likes true crime or is interested in mental health issues in the US.
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- Heather
- 07-03-17
Great story, not the best narration.
This book goes beyond what a typical true crime tale delivers by humanizing both sides of the case and shining a spotlight on how similar tragedies could be avoided. It was difficult, however, for me to appreciate or lose myself in the details and intricacies due to the narrator's dry, monotone delivery.
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