FACING THE WIND A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation

Hardback. The author undertakes a unique and constantly surprising exploration of responsibility and fate - the causes, consequences and legal and moral implications of one man's deranged killings of his family. 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 a group of Brooklyn mothers who met to discuss the challenges of raising children with birth defects. The Rowes adopted a third child so that their eldest would not have to bear the burden of Christopher alone later on; they made a tape to assist other parents facing similar challenges; they spoke bluntly and freely about things that most of the mothers couldn't, like their anger and feelings of guilt. Then Bob Rowe's pressures - professional and personal - took their toll, and he fell into depression and, ultimately, delusion. And one day he took a baseball bat and killed his three children and his wife. With Source Notes and Bibliog. 302pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in F. dw.