- Published: 5 March 2019
- ISBN: 9780806538594
- Imprint: Kensington
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $26.99
The Manson Women and Me
Monsters, Morality, and Murder
- Published: 5 March 2019
- ISBN: 9780806538594
- Imprint: Kensington
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $26.99
"Through the intriguing prism of her own turbulent youth in Los Angeles, Meredith melds her decades of prison relationships with inmates Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel with insights gained while chasing the elusive psychological truths behind such horrifically incomprehensible brutality...Meredith's book brings us closer than any other to understanding why."
--Sue Russell, author of Lethal Intent
"Part memoir, part true crime, The Manson Women and Me is a must-read book...an eye-opening book that I simply could not stop reading."
--Suzy Spencer, New York Times bestselling author of Wasted, Wages of Sin, and Breaking Point
"Meredith uses her impressive journalist skills and narrative powers to give us a fully realized dimensional view of the infamous Manson-led killings that we have not seen before--specifically in helping us understand who the Manson women followers were
and what led them to follow him into the throes of a moral maelstrom."
--Michael Krasny, Ph.D. award-winning host of KQED's Forum
"Combining a compassionate memoir with meticulous journalism, author Nikki Meredith has produced a thought-provoking meditation on nothing less than the nature of evil."
--Julie Smith, Edgar Award-winning author