Housewife Assassin, Geri Spieler
Housewife Assassin, Geri Spieler
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Housewife Assassin
The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford

Author: Geri Spieler

Narrator: Rosemary Benson

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2023

Synopsis

President Gerald Ford suffered two attempts on his life during his term in office: one by a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and the other by a far more unlikely candidate—an average middle-aged mother of five—Sara Jane Moore. After thirty years in contact with Moore in prison, journalist Geri Spieler deconstructs her life in Housewife Assassin, tracing the path from Moore's small-town upbringing in West Virginia to that fateful moment when she tried to assassinate the president.

Throughout Moore's dodgy life she hid her identity and misled those around her. Through the turbulent '60s and '70s, she married five times, abandoned children, faked amnesia, befriended Patty Hearst's father, became a revolutionary, and worked as an FBI informant turned double agent feeding information to the underground radicals, all before the assassination attempt.

From Spieler's insider correspondence and independent research, including interviews with President Ford himself, she confirms details (the gunshot missed the President's head by six inches) and debunks others (Sara Jane did not "shoot wild" as the press had reported) to deliver a compelling profile of a society lady turned elusive assassin.

About Geri Spieler

Geri Spieler is an investigative journalist and award-winning speaker who has written articles for the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Westways, and was a featured correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle. She founded and edited Electronic Commerce News, a technology journal published by Phillips Business Information, which led to a six-year assignment as a research director and analyst for the Gartner Group. She is president of the California Writers Club, a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Authors Guild, Women's National Book Association, the Internet Society, and Book Critics Circle. She lives in Northern California with her husband, her pet chickens, and her fruit trees.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristi on February 09, 2023

I knew of Sara Jane Moore from the musical Assassins mentioned in the book. However, I knew nothing of her life prior to or following the September 22, 1975 attempt on President Ford's life. Spieler has created an insightful account of Moore's life. Moore seems to be a complex and interesting charact......more

Goodreads review by Sena on March 23, 2023

2/5 stars. Overall, seemed well-researched and painted an intriguing picture of Sarah Jane Moore's life. A bit difficult to keep track of the large cast of characters, especially for someone unfamiliar with these events and organizations in a historical context. The end picked up quite a bit, but th......more

Goodreads review by Jmlanier1 on June 19, 2024

I really enjoyed this book about Sara Jane Moore. Sara Jane attempted to assassinate President Ford in 1975 in San Francisco about two weeks after Squeaky Fromme’s (Manson family) failed attempt to do the same in Sacramento. If not for a faulty sight on her 38 special, Ford would have been shot in t......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on February 07, 2023

Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Like most Americans, I started this book knowing virtually nothing about Sara Jane Moore aside from her having been one of two women who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. I was sk......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on February 01, 2023

One might expect a murder attempt from Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme a member of the Charles Manson gang but on first glance no one would expect it from Sarah Jane Moore. A mother of five children who she abandon and five marriages all ending in divorce it seems Sarah Jane Moore didn’t know who she wante......more

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