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A New York Times Notable BookA Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001A Fresh Air Best Book of 2001 A rare combination of superb reporting and narrative skill. -- The New York Times Book Review Facing the Wind . . . elevates itself out of the true crime genre into literature. -- USA Today [Julie Salamon's] book is important not only for its lessons on the ravages of mental illness but for its ability to overturn our assumptions about evil, innocence, guilt and compassion. -- The Wall Street Journal This grim, gripping story is far more than a sensational murder case. . . .[Salamon] offers a rare, fascinating look at the daily lives of the men and women least inclined to forgive Bob Rowe--parents raising handicapped children. -- People Splendid . . . Life's cruelest blows are struck in these pages, and Salamon records them with scrupulous accuracy. . . . It's to her credit that she doesn't shy away from showing the aftershocks of these tragedies, and her triumph in Facing the Wind is in showing how the human heart keeps throbbing anyway. --Newsday

A <i>New York Times</i> Notable BookA <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Best Book of 2001A <i>Fresh Air</i> Best Book of 2001 A rare combination of superb reporting and narrative skill. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <i>Facing the Wind </i>. . . elevates itself out of the true crime genre into literature. --<i>USA Today </i> [Julie Salamon's] book is important not only for its lessons on the ravages of mental illness but for its ability to overturn our assumptions about evil, innocence, guilt and compassion. --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i> This grim, gripping story is far more than a sensational murder case. . . .[Salamon] offers a rare, fascinating look at the daily lives of the men and women least inclined to forgive Bob Rowe--parents raising handicapped children. --<i>People</i> Splendid . . . Life's cruelest blows are struck in these pages, and Salamon records them with scrupulous accuracy. . . . It's to her credit that she doesn't shy away from showing the aftershocks of these tragedies, and her triumph in <i>Facing the Wind</i> is in showing how the human heart keeps throbbing anyway. <i>--Newsday </i>

A New York Times Notable Book<br>A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001<br>A Fresh Air Best Book of 2001<br><br> A rare combination of superb reporting <br>and narrative skill. -- The New York Times Book Review <br><br> Facing the Wind . . . elevates itself out of the true crime genre into literature. -- USA Today <br><br> [Julie Salamon's] book is important not only for its lessons on the ravages of mental illness but for its ability to overturn our assumptions about evil, innocence, guilt and compassion. -- The Wall Street Journal <br><br> This grim, gripping story is far more than a sensational murder case. . . .[Salamon] offers a rare, fascinating look at the daily lives of the men and women least inclined to forgive Bob Rowe--parents raising handicapped children. -- People <br><br> Splendid . . . Life's cruelest blows are struck in these pages, and Salamon records them with scrupulous accuracy. . . . It's to her credit that she doesn't shy away from showing the aftershocks of these tragedies, and her triumph in Facing the Wind is in showing how the human heart keeps throbbing anyway. --Newsday

A New York Times Notable Book<br>A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001<br>A Fresh Air Best Book of 2001 <br> A rare combination of superb reporting <br>and narrative skill. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> Facing the Wind, . . elevates itself out of the true crime genre into literature. -- USA Today <br> [Julie Salamon's] book is important not only for its lessons on the ravages of mental illness but for its ability to overturn our assumptions about evil, innocence, guilt and compassion. -- The Wall Street Journal <br> This grim, gripping story is far more than a sensational murder case. . . .[Salamon] offers a rare, fascinating look at the daily lives of the men and women least inclined to forgive Bob Rowe--parents raising handicapped children. -- People <br> Splendid . . . Life's cruelest blows are struck in these pages, and Salamon records them with scrupulous accuracy. . . . It's to her credit that she doesn't shy away from showing the aftershocks of these tragedies, and her triumph in Facing the Wind is in showing how the human heart keeps throbbing anyway. --Newsday

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Robert and Mary Rowe's second child, Christopher, was born with severe neurological and visual impairments. For many years, the Rowes' courageous response to adversity set an example for other parents of children with birth defects. Then the pressures on Bob Rowe-personal and professional-took their toll, and he fell into depression and, ultimately, delusion. And one day he took a baseball bat and killed his wife and three children. Julie Salamon deftly avoids sensationalism as she tells the Rowes' tragic story with intelligence, sympathy, and insight. Like all great literary journalism, Facing the Wind asks us to join its issues and examine our own lives and problems in the new, bright light that good writing always sheds.

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