Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness
 | Howard Ebooks, 2008, Kindle Edition Customer Rating: 11 reviews Recommend |
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This is the tragic story of Kent Whitaker's heart-wrenching journey toward forgiveness and faith after the brutal murder of his wife and one of his sons.Straight from the headlines comes an incredible true story of a son's treachery. For the first time, readers are offered inside access to the emotional drama that went on behind the scenes. At the core is the remarkable healing power of forgiveness, demonstrated by Kent Whitaker, which shows how the survivors of such atrocious events can still forgive those who have permanently damaged their lives.One evening, the Whitaker family returned home after dinner, celebrating a son's impending graduation from college. On opening the front door, they faced a gunman lying in wait. The gunman opened fire, instantly killing the younger son and Kent's wife, leaving Kent and his older son lying wounded until police and ambulances arrived. While recovering in the hospital, Kent resolved in his heart to forgive whoever was responsible for the deaths of his wife and son.Over the next few weeks, it was discovered that the whole murder plot had been orchestrated by the surviving son — whom Kent had unknowingly forgiven. After a trial that resulted in a death sentence for his son, Kent emerged from this harrowing ordeal to share their astonishing journey toward forgiveness and redemption.
Title: Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness
Sales Rank: 2440 in Books
Author: Kent Whitaker
Publisher: Howard Ebooks, 2008-09-23, Kindle Edition, 224 pages
- I recommend this book
- I found this book fascinating. I had watched this story on "48 Hours" and on "Oprah" and was interested in the forgiveness this father had for the son that murdered the rest of the family. I must say that while I find his forgiveness amazing, I am not convinced of his son's repentance but, then again, I don't have to be. I felt bad… More reviews
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- Murder By Family, published by Howard Books, the north star of unpublished fundamentalists everywhere, tells the story of Bart Whitaker, currently languishing on Death Row in Texas, as told through the eyes of the father he failed to successfully murder. The book takes some stomach to get through, both for the rather unsavoury subject matter, but especially for the sanctimonious writing… More reviews
- Who are these people?
- I have just finished the book and yet have absolutely no idea who these people are. What was their family life like? Why did Bart carry enough hate to murder his mother and brother? I still know so little about the wife and mother? Bart's brother Kevin. … More reviews
- Left me in awe
- This novel by Kent Whittaker is a quick read, partly because you cannot put it down. In the beginning, I wanted to find out HOW this could have happened. In the end, though the book is filled with Christian love and forgiveness on the part of Kent, I wanted more from the story. I wanted to know more about Bart, Kent's son who was… More reviews
- Only by God's Grace
- It feels intrusive to write a "review" of what Kent Whitaker has gone through. In "Murder by Family" Kent shares his journey and his experience living through the murder of his wife and son as planned by his other son. The book is uniquely Kent's. No one else can pretend to know or understand the horror he's lived with. The fact that Kent… More reviews
