"The Other Woman" speaks

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	• Witness: For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson Amber Frey Amazon Remainders Account, 2005 - 224 pages view larger image
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"The Other Woman" speaks

Amber Frey was the infamous "other woman" in the Laci Peterson case. When a case like this becomes national news, we immediately scrounge for as much information as possible about all parties. I have often wondered what it was about this case that seized us to the point of media obsession for all the months and eventually years it was drawn out. It was the fact that Laci vanished on Christmas Eve, that she was about to have her first child in a few weeks, that she was living a happily married life, and that her husband Scott was so obviously a liar and so obviously guilty of her murder.

When a woman is murdered, the police will look at the most obvious suspect - the boyfriend or husband. Scott was no exception. He clearly didn't want to be married to Laci anymore, and didn't want children. So, he decided to kill the both of them rather than walk out or divorce. Part of his sociopathic tendancies and want to leave the pending fatherhood lead him to lead a double life. He had a girlfriend, and her name is Amber Frey.

Amber was innocent. She was clearly lied to and caught up in this circus. I felt pity for her, as she was an innocent pawn in this. Scott's girlfriend could have been anyone. She could have been your sister, your friend, your mother. And Amber was Anyone. What amazed me the most about her story is how Scott's lies began to unfold and how he compulsively called her during the hottest days after her disappearence. Amber did the right thing. When she realized she was not only being lied to but that he murdered his wife, she immediately went to the police and cooperated. Their taped phone conversations would unfold as some of the most critical evidence in the trial. And she never faultered. She stood her ground even though she was terrified of the whole ordeal.

Why not 5 stars? It's not a great literary work, she's just an average woman. She made her share of mistakes in life, and had them splashed all over the tabloids. She and Scott slept together on their first date, which makes us believe that the relationship could not have been very serious had Scott not been who he was. While we don't know enough about Amber to judge her, she didn't strike me as a promiscuous person. She was only human, she made some mistakes in life. And, she ended up writing a book just because she could. People were interested enough to hear what she had to say.

I hope Amber is able to live the rest of her life out of the glare of the spotlight. She'll always have this stigma attached to her, but she attempted to clear her name with this book.

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brilliant

i was intrigued to get ambers side of the story. was a book i could not put down, finished in a day, have now lent to my friend to read.

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Compelling Read

Amazing how this book kept me interested from the beginning to the end, despite the fact that I knew so much about the case. Not only that this book proved Scott's guilt, but it is also a story of a young, beautiful woman's struggle from childhood to this very scandal. She was vulnerable, yet strong. But in the end she rose above it all. However, I was deeply saddened to see the lack of support from her stepsister and the loss of friends (such as Paul) because they want to take advantage of her at the time she needed them the most.

There are lots of lesson to learn from her personal mistake...one of which is to be careful to such person as Scott Peterson. As one of her lawyer called him.....a wolf in sheep's clothing. Cold Eyes

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A pleasant surprise

Doing the right thing isn't easy. In fact, it comes at a price. Amber Frey, an ordinary and imperfect woman, paid that price when she learned that the "perfect" man she'd been dating - Scott Peterson - not only was married, but was suspected of having murdered his missing wife and unborn baby. She assisted the police as they investigated, and then followed through as a witness in court, despite the personal difficulties doing so presented when she'd just given birth to her second child.

The case may be sensational, but this book is not. It's Ms. Frey's simply told first person account, first of her relationship with Scott Peterson and then of all that followed the moment when her slowly growing doubts about this man found confirmation. Sometimes Ms. Frey is admirable, and sometimes manifestly not; but that's exactly where her book's power lies. She's honest about herself as well as about the pathological liar who was her lover, and once she knows the truth she never wavers in her determination to see justice done for another young mother: Laci Peterson.

Not a polished work by any means, but an interesting and unexpectedly uplifting read.

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