{"product_id":"a-double-life-isbn-9780806545561","title":"A Double Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith sharp psychological insight, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures \u003c\/i\u003edigs into the sensational murder of Florida physician Teresa Sievers in this engrossing and unconventional true crime tale of holistic health, childhood doppelgangers, dark obsessions, and an open marriage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeresa and Mark Sievers led a glittering life in Bonita Springs, Florida. Teresa ran a thriving medical practice specializing in anti-aging and holistic care. Mark, a former nurse, managed the business while home-schooling their two daughters. Then, in June 2015, the unimaginable happened: Teresa was found bludgeoned to death in their kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark’s alibi was airtight. He and the girls were in New York on a family vacation. Initial signs pointed to a burglary gone wrong, but it soon became clear that the attack was targeted. The Sievers’ friends and relatives were shocked. Teresa was a respected, charismatic physician, nicknamed a “modern-day Mother Teresa.” Yet someone hated her enough to beat out her brains with a hammer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCracks appeared beneath the glossy surface of the Sievers’ lives. Teresa’s quest for fame had led her to make some questionable decisions. The couple’s marriage was passionate but volatile. Then there was Mark’s childhood best friend, who looked so much like him that the two were often mistaken for twins. Though Wayne Wright lived in an Ozarks trailer park, far from Bonita Springs in every way, his bond with Mark was intense and intimate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an intriguing narrative that goes beyond conventional true crime tropes, acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman delves into a case that encompasses both obsessive love and deep hatred, probing the corrosive, often deadly nature of both.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Mikita Brottman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This riveting blow-by-blow account will keep you up all night!” \u003cb\u003e—John Glatt\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author on \u003ci\u003eSeventeen Blows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Brutal and breathtaking . . . Brottman lays out the facts with sensitivity and an unflinching mission to get to the heart of both victim and perpetrator. An absolute triumph.” \u003cb\u003e—Emily Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGothictown \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eSeventeen Blows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brottman is one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction that explores the uncertain truths revealed when violence crashes into human life. . . . Offers a precise and rarely seen accounting of American hospitals for the criminally insane.” \u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eCouple Found Slain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a learned, lucid, and finally heartbreaking account of urban obsession. It's David Fincher's film \u003ci\u003eZodiac\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with Ms. Brottman's wild take on the unknowability of life and the necessity of staying obsessed. Ms. Brottman is a groove―and so is her book.” \u003cb\u003e―James Ellroy \u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eAn Unexplained Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An excavation of the luridness and venality underneath a smiling, all-American façade.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brottman meticulously follows any and all threads she can . . . but Brottman’s book is, sneakily, more than just a true crime narrative.” \u003cb\u003e—NPR \u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eAn Unexplained Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engrossing... [written] with freshness and verve.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Shelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] compelling… deep dive into human nature.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“So much more than another true crime story,\u003ci\u003e Guilty Creatures \u003c\/i\u003eis a psychological thriller as intricately organized as a Hitchcock movie. And, with its high literary values, it stands with classics of the genre like Mailer’s\u003ci\u003e The Executioner’s Song\u003c\/i\u003e and Capote’s I\u003ci\u003en Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—Madison Smartt Bell, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eAll Souls' Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This story has it all—adultery, obsession, murder, revenge, betrayal—but Brottman doesn’t settle for the superficial. Rather than a whodunit,\u003ci\u003e Guilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling psychological double portrait of what happens when two people are forever bound by a life-altering secret.” \u003cb\u003e—Becky Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Keep the Dead Close\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e could have slinked out of fiction by Flannery O’Connor or Donna Tartt—not to mention James M. Cain—and they come alive in this richly atmospheric, deeply researched, and terrifying true crime book.” \u003cb\u003e—Betsy Bonner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRound Lake\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Atlantis Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Propulsive, harrowing, and ironic, Mikita Brottman’s impeccably researched story investigates how, under pressure, morals can twist to justify even the worst actions.” \u003cb\u003e—Erika Krouse\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGuilty Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Brottman has established herself as a leading voice in modern true crime. She finds empathy in the criminal and shows compassion for those whom society wishes to simply forget. This is not just a well-written book, it's an important book. A must read.” \u003cb\u003e―James Renner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Crime Addict \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eCouple Found Slain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMIKITA BROTTMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a nonfiction author and psychoanalyst whose acclaimed books include \u003ci\u003eSeventeen Blows, Guilty Creatures, Couple Found Slain, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Gold Dagger Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eAn Unexplained Death. \u003c\/i\u003eA professor in the Department of Humanistic Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art, she previously worked in forensic psychiatric facilities and the Maryland prison system. 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