Deserving "Best True Crime Drama of the Year" Edgar Nominee

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	• Portraits of Guilt Jeanne Boylan, 2000 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Touching Biography of a Compassionate Woman

I read to learn. I want to meet interesting and courageous people I might never meet in real life. I first learned about Jeanne Boylan when I saw that she was chosen by TIME MAGAZINE (March 19, 2001) as the United State's "Top Innovator" in Criminal Justice. I had to know more about a woman not afraid to rock the boat, so I sought her out and found this book about her life story. This book is a multi-faceted 'biography' of a woman who defied the odds, who took personal tragedy and turned it into triumph and whose selflessness and hard work effects people all around her for the good. This story was funny at times, scary at times at the revelation of the behind the scenes politics in stories we lived and remember, so moving at times that I found myself hurting for the people in the stories that are profiled. All in all, it was everything I invest in a book for. I am keeping this one on the shelf to read again when I need a dose of personal inspiration.

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Deserving "Best True Crime Drama of the Year" Edgar Nominee

I read that this book was among the finalists for the prestigious EDGAR Award as "Best True Crime Drama" of the year. Historically, the 'Edgars' are not handed out to less than the very best work.Hence the prestige in the nomination alone. I ordered it and was definitely not disappointed! Excellent book. This is a refreshingly honest and new look into the back scenes of crime, written from a rare personal perspective of one woman who was involved in every case and whose source of passion is through her personal experience. I was extremely impressed with her candor, her self deprecating and humble style of giving credit to all those around her for the successes and to the remarkable way in which she honored the courage of all the people she so lovingly talks about in her cases.

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Amazing

I do not normally read books. It has likely been 10 years or better since the last book I have read. When I started reading Portraits of Guilt, I knew that I couldn't put the book down. It was so interesting, and yet very down to earth. Jeanne put just enough of her personal life in there, that I could relate to her. Not only did I relate to her, but grew quite fond of her as a person by the time I finished the book. She is an amazing person with a special talent/gift. She unselfishly shares her gift with the world, at the expense of having a normal personal life. For that, America owes Jeanne much gratitude. And for all of the cases her amazing drawings have helped to close, America owes her and her ideas respect. The only thing I didn't like about the book, was that I finished it so quickly. I was left wishing there was a volume 2, that I could go pick up the next day somewhere! Great job Jeanne Boylan!! God Bless you and yours!

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She does what she writes

This was a fascinating book. I can speak from a first hand account that Jeanne Boylan not only does what she proclaims to do in the book but she does it extremely well. I am a detective lieutenant and I have had the opportunity to work with Ms. Boylan and the results were as successful as I hoped. I am also an expert in the field of interview and interrogation and have taught numerous courses in this field to seasoned investigators. I am contemplating using this book as a text for future courses. I would not only recommend this book to someone interested in the field of psychology but also to those who are looking for cutting edge techniques in the field of interviewing witness and victims of traumatic experiences. By the way before I read Ms. Boylan's book or utilized her talents I checked with the Portland Oregon Police Department and she received the highest recommendation for her work. She is an invaluable asset to law enforcement and to the witnesses and victims she works with.

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A rare gem

Well...that book is the story of a rare gem.After surviving an attack in her early twenties,and having to pass throught the frustration of the investigation that followed and gave no result,she manage to emerge with her own special way to deal with the recovery of the image left in the memory of the victim.She blew off the result of the tradiditional way to do this and has been involve in many famous case like Polly Klass,the Unabomber and the Oklahoma bombing.She gave all she had to help victims find peace with themselves.She's a real hero and that book is the story of her magical accomplishment.Hope you have a chance to read it.

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