Summary of Dennis McDougal's Mother's Day

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 The myth that motherhood is sacred and unconditional is, unfortunately, not true. Many mothers choose not to love or care for their children, and some even abandon them.

#2 The most insidious of these petty villains are those who don’t understand that looking the other way is a crime. They are the ones who refuse to intervene when they see a woman backhanding her baby in the supermarket or shrieking at a son or daughter for no apparent reason at all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387237

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Insights on Dennis McDougal's Mother's Day

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The myth that motherhood is sacred and unconditional is, unfortunately, not true. Many mothers choose not to love or care for their children, and some even abandon them.

#2

The most insidious of these petty villains are those who don’t understand that looking the other way is a crime. They are the ones who refuse to intervene when they see a woman backhanding her baby in the supermarket or shrieking at a son or daughter for no apparent reason at all.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Sierra side roads that lead to the Donner Pass lead to the loveliest morgue in the world. Reno gamblers, battered Sacramento housewives, and drug-dealing hustlers have all wound up in a permanent prone position somewhere off of I-80 at one time or another.

#2

The Sierras are a dumping ground for corpses. It is no secret to law enforcement that this beautiful, rugged land is a magnet for bodies.

#3

The autopsy of the body found near the creek confirmed that it was that of a teenage to young adult female. The hands were curled into fists and thrust forward in a pugilistic pose, and two small holes were left in the earlobe where the girl had worn her dangly earrings.

#4

The investigation into the Jane Doe case continued for months, and while they were able to get a print off of her right thumb, there was no match with any prints of missing persons submitted from police departments around the state.

#5

Rio Linda, California, is a town that Theresa Cross grew up in. It was a dull, boring place where people kept to themselves and didn’t want to be bothered by others’ business.

#6

The Cross family was a quiet, easygoing family who kept up their modest two-bedroom home and did a little