The Dreams of Ada
by Robert Mayer
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Author: Robert MayerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-24
ISBN: 0767926897
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: PROFUND PAGE-TURNER THAT STAYS WITH YOU!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Spring became summer in Ada. The fields in the outlying areas were green. Lilacs and hollyhocks and roses took turns blossoming on the small lawns that front most of Ada's houses. They bloomed on the large ranches surrounding the towns, and near the small working-class houses and in colored town, which is what the small black section is still called.
Stories about the case in the Ada News stopped in mid-May; but members of the Haraway family called the police frequently- every day in the early weeks- to see if there was any news."
Dreams of Ada is a true crime story which will have you turning the pages all night and you will find it very hard to put down. The author Robert Mayer has given us a detailed account of this crime and also about the interrogations and the trials.
The disappearance of Denice Haraway a young married woman working at a convenience store while attending college, sent the entire community of Ada and beyond into a tailspin. No one could find out how Denice just disappeared off her job one night at the convenience store, never to be heard of again. Was she raped and robbed, or was she murdered for any particular reason? And if not that, was she seeing someone else and just wanted out of her marriage to Steve Haraway, deciding to walk off into the twilight with another man and a new life? Whatever the conclusion, the police was not getting anywhere fast, and being pressured, they made their arrests. Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot were to be the arrested. I will not venture to go into any detail about the inquiries, the testimonies, the trial or the verdict. This is a book that has much food for thought and it stays on your mind, even after you have read these 512 pages. Thank you Mr. Robert Mayer, for a well-written work of non-fiction. It certainly broke my heart.
Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 28/01/07
Summary of The Dreams of Ada
The true, bewildering story of a young woman?s disappearance, the nightmare of a small town obsessed with delivering justice, and the bizarre dream of a poor, uneducated man accused of murder?a case that chillingly parallels the one, occurring in the very same town, chronicled by John Grisham in The Innocent Man.On April 28, 1984, Denice Haraway disappeared from her job at a convenience store on the outskirts of Ada, Oklahoma, and the sleepy town erupted. Tales spread of rape, mutilation, and murder, and the police set out on a relentless mission to bring someone to justice. Six months later, two local men?Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot?were arrested and brought to trial, even though they repudiated their ?confessions,? no body had been found, no weapon had been produced, and no eyewitnesses had come forward. The Dreams of Ada is a story of politics and morality, of fear and obsession. It is also a moving, compelling portrait of one small town living through a nightmare.
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