"Dear Husband" by Joyce Carol Oates is her attempt to get inside the head of Andrea Yates, who killed her children in a much-publicized case in Texas. The narrators ramblings are a predictable mishmash, evidence of battered wife syndrome and born-again lunacy: "Jesus said to me, It is true that you are a bad mother but there is a way: If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. " Dramatic, intensely rendered, and always provocative "Dear Husband" provides an unsettling and fascinating look into the mysterious heart of America.Author of the story - Joyce Carol Oates We do not own the rights to this short story. The text is read by Akhmetzyanova Landysh Illustrations by Akhmetzyanova Landysh