When mothers kill: interviews from prison

The saddest stories

She's the world to me : the mother-daughter relationships described by mothers who committed filicide

Fighting for love : filicidal mothers and their male partners

Mothering : hopes, expectations and realities

Punishment, shame and guilt

Making sense of the stories

Interactions with the state : holes in the safety nets

The end of the story.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Stories; The Saddest Stories; "She's the World to Me": The Mother-Daughter Relationships Described by Mothers Who Committed Filicide; Fighting for Love: Filicidal Mothers and Their Male Partners; Mothering: Hopes, Expectations, and Realities; Punishment, Shame, and Guilt; Part II: Making Sense of the Stories; Interactions with the State: Holes in the Safety Nets; The End of the Story; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Neonaticide; Appendix C: Mothers Who Purposely Kill Their Children; Notes; Index; About the Authors.