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Book Review of Too Beautiful a Day to Die

Too Beautiful a Day to Die
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back cover: For years, the affluent village of Winnetka politely ignored Laurie Dann's disturbing behavior: the purchase of handguns, telephoned death threats, the mysterious stabbing of her former husband with an ice pick.....

Then on May 20,1988, the 30-year-old baby-sitter delivered poisoned cookies to neighbors, and set fire to a family's home. Armed with three revolvers, she entered the local elementary school and started shooting. Five children were injured, one boy died.

Laurie Dann killed herself that fateful day. But the men, women and children who lived through the ordeal would never forget the shock of random violence... and the courage they found within themselves.