From cradle to grave : the short lives and strange deaths of Marybeth Tinning's nine children PDF
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FPT ISBN O0-b88-0?5bb-5 >418.95 FROM GRADLE HGRAVE Nine Children | Joyce Egginton Year after year, one after another, the babies of Marybeth Tinning died, nine of them over the past fourteen years. The causes were listed variously as.natural or undetermined or Sudden Infant Death Syn- drome....But somehow no one—not the police, not the coroner, doctors, social workers, or neighbors, not even Mrs. Tin- ning’s husband—detected something evil in the strange patterns of death. —The New York Times On the surface she was a normal working-class woman who held responsible jobs: driving a school bus, volunteering as an ambulance driver, working in a restaurant—even helping in a pedi- atric ward. But Marybeth Tinning barely men- tioned her children, and when she did there were no outward signs of sorrow. She would recite their names and birth dates as though she were reading a list, citing a cause of death in each case but hav- ing nothing more to say about them. There were no affectionate little anecdotes, no spoken memo- ries, no sense of tragedy at their loss. They seemed to slip in and out like little wraiths, leav- ing no palpable impressions. There were six autopsies and never any sign of abuse. There were whispers and suspicions. But there was no clear or rational explanation. Mary- beth said her children cried a lot; they made her feel nervous; they made her feel she was not a good mother. But then there was another baby. ... And no one understood the silence oper- ating in a community where infants died in a way that seemed too terrible to be true—From Cradle to Grave. Hartford Public Library FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE FROM ~ CRADLE The Short Lives and Strange Deaths of Marybeth Tinning’s Nine Children + TO GRAVE Joyce Egginton + WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY, INC. Ne Copyright © 1989 by Joyce Egginton All rights reserved. No part of this book may- be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to Permissions Department, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 105 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Egginton, Joyce. From cradle to grave. Includes index. 1. Infanticide—New York (State)—Schenectady— Case studies. 2. Tinning, Marybeth. 3. Murder— New York (State)—Schenectady—Biography. 4. Trials (Infanticide)—New York (State)—Schenectady. I. Title. HV6534.S38E44 1989 364. 1'523'0974744 88-64106 ISBN 0-688-07566-5 Printed in the United States of America First Edition 123. APSt6-7 8 9°10 BOOK DESIGN BY KATHIE PARISE In memory of my mother, Lillian Egginton, who gave me so much more than life
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