Always in Our Hearts: The Story of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson, and the Baby They Didn't Want ebook

by Doug Most

On November 12, 1996, high-school sweethearts and college freshmen Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson checked into a roadside Delaware motel under their own names.

While Peterson was sentenced to two years, Grossberg was held to be more responsible and was sentenced to. .The book was titled Always in Our Hearts: The Story of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson and the Baby They Didn't Want.

While Peterson was sentenced to two years, Grossberg was held to be more responsible and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years. Peterson was released from prison in January 2000 after serving 20 months. His incarceration was reduced for good conduct and for the time he served before his sentencing Aftermath.

Always in Our Hearts is an in-depth look at an unthinkable crime I liked Always In Our Hearts and do recommend it. I love a book that serves a duo purpose and this one does: (1) Tell me all about the case and (2) offers life skills lessons fo.

Always in Our Hearts is an in-depth look at an unthinkable crime. Reporter Doug Most does a superb job as he explores the lives of perfect teenagers from perfect families - who made a fatal decision. True crime readers will be both shocked and saddened as they read the fascinating and tragic story of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson. I liked Always In Our Hearts and do recommend it. I love a book that serves a duo purpose and this one does: (1) Tell me all about the case and (2) offers life skills lessons for parents and children. Personally, if I had my way, this would be mandatory reading for high schoolers AND their parents.

Always in Our Hearts book. Journalist Doug Most has a fascinating but very sad story to tell - that of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson and the baby they didn’t want

Always in Our Hearts book. Journalist Doug Most has a fascinating but very sad story to tell - that of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson and the baby they didn’t want. Hard to believe that two privileged and educated young people could behave so selfishly, disposing of a baby as just one more piece of trash.

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey .

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb, meeting and falling in love while still in high school, then set out for college with their classmates. Always in Our Hearts is the true story of a couple driven to kill their newborn child and the murder that shocked the nation. In 1996, after Amy Grossberg delivered a healthy baby boy in a motel room, her boyfriend, Brian Peterson, wrapped the infant in a garbage bag and threw him in a dumpster. For months, the young couple.

The Story Of Amy Grossberg, Brian Peterson, The Pregnancy They Hid And The Baby They Killed. Always In Our Hearts. THE CALL November 12, 1996. Huddled under his winter comforter, Brian Peterson just stared at the ceiling as his clock passed midnight. St. Martin's True Crime. Praise for Always In Our Hearts. Always in Our Hearts is an in-depth look at an unthinkable crime. Planned Parenthood listed this book as recommended reading for high school students, and I have traveled around speaking to high schools about the case and how the tragedy could have been avoided with one conversation. Moments after it was born, Amy screamed for Brian to get rid of the child, so he put the baby in a trash bag and dumped it in a freezing garbage bin near the motel.

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb, meeting and falling in love while still in high school, then set out . On November 13, 1996 Amy Grossberg gave birth to a baby boy in a motel room

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb, meeting and falling in love while still in high school, then set out for college with their. On November 13, 1996 Amy Grossberg gave birth to a baby boy in a motel room. She began screaming at her boyfriend, Brian Peterson, to get rid of it. He covered the baby with a towel, went to his car to get a plastic bag, put the baby in the bag, tied the drawstrings, and calmed walked to a dumpster and tossed the baby in. They drove back to college and acted as though nothing had happened. They might have gotten away with their crime if Amy had not developed eclampsia. Always In Our Hearts - Doug Most.

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb, met and fell in love while still in high . The case caused a countrywide outrage, and the teenagers ended up in court, desperately fighting for their lives and ultimately against each other.

Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson grew up in a wealthy New Jersey suburb, met and fell in love while still in high school, then set out for college with their classmates.

Looks at the lives of Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, the events surrounding Amy's pregnancy, and their decision to get rid of the baby

Munigrinn

Because I read a lot of true crime, I wasn't so sure I'd be interested in a book about this case. So much has already been written. But, I was taken in right away by the tone of the book and I learned things about these two young people I never before knew. Most cast neither as good or bad. In fact, it seemed to me he went out of his way to present a fair case. That he was able to do so in such an interesting manner is certainly a credit to his writing ability. I could have done without the question/answer section in the middle of the book. I think Most should have found a way to incorporate those thoughts in there some other way. He's a good enough writer. I hope he's already working on his next crime book. He sure can tell a story.

Danrad

I purchased this book because I remember following the news when it happened. It is well written and left me troubled for some time after I finished it. It is so difficult to believe that these two young people could be so callous about a little baby -- their baby! And although the author tried to explain how parents and family overlooked Amy's pregnancy, I find it so hard to believe! If your or my daughter were 5'1" and normally weighed 105 lbs I think I would notice. I am pro-choice but it is truly a shame that this is happening more and more often. I hope what these two have done haunts them the rest of their lives. This book is an engrossing read about this sad, sad story.

Anardred

ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS is the story of a pair of privileged teenagers who, rather than face the reality that they were going to have a child, waited until the time of the baby's birth in a motel room and then disposed of him in a dumpster. The reason suggested by author Doug Most for their behavior is that they came from a culture fostered by their families and by the town itself in which the most important thing in life was to get all A's, attend a fine college, and be a success in life. To do less was unacceptable and an embarrassment and disappointment to one's parents. Having a child before the orderly progression of meeting these expectations was therefore unacceptable.

So Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, high school seniors who were in love as only young people can be, dealt with their incipient parenthood by not dealing with it. And when the reality of their situation reared on occasion its ugly head, they quickly repressed it. Brian made several attempts to help Amy get an abortion, but when they got to the clinics, she always backed out, not out of any feeling for the child she was carrying - whom she referred to as "it" - but because she was afraid she would get sick, her mother would find out, and her college plans would be ruined. The couple was selfish and emotionally and spiritually unprepared to deal with any change in their lives.
Amy's mother's behavior is a constant theme throughout the book. She is presented as loving Amy so much that she was totally controlling, going so far as to take Amy to a doctor's appointment - she was still seeing a pediatrician at age 18 - and being present in the examining room. Amy told the doctor she was not pregnant and that she was having her period when she was in fact 6 months pregnant. It is doubtful she would have admitted it to the doctor in any case, but with her mother in the room there is no way she'd have acknowledged her pregnancy. Throughout the book, Amy's mother, even in the face of some pretty convincing evidence otherwise, is presented as always taking the position that "Amy did nothing wrong."

The underlying themes in ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS are that the parents in Wycoff, NJ, were either afraid to examine the lives of their children and that they felt that pregnancies, drugs, whatever, happened in other families, families in less favorable circumstances; that the children were under "cutthroat" pressure to do well; and that while the parents gave their children every material advantage possible, they failed to allow them to learn anything about what the real world is like or to teach them how to function in it as adults.

This book is well written and fast paced. The often tedious courtroom scenes and police investigation are handled well. And the way Most deals with the numerous lawyers involved in the case, another potential dead spot, is informative and interesting. The only problem I had, and it is a minor one, is that the picture section is substandard - not nearly enough pictures of Amy and Brian which based on the narrative should have been readily available and too may pictures of buildings and cars.

ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS is not a "big" book, but neither is it shallow. It is well written, the product of an honest effort, and highly recommended.

AnnyMars

Although this was a hard "subject matter" for me to read, I found it even harder to put Most's book down at night -- I wanted to keep reading until I was done. Most's on-line comments about his own book probably sum it up best for me. I am angry that such a "secret" could be so easily concealed from Amy's parents. What does that really say about our communication with our children today? It also breaks my heart to think that there are parents out there that put such demands and high standards on their kids. It certainly makes me want to constantly re-evaluate how I communicate, and how I will communicate in the future, with my own children. While they are very young now, I, too, will have teenagers some day who could very well be in the same dilemma as Amy and Brian (I pray not). I am compelled to know more about these two people whose lives will be forever changed now. Against popular consensus, I'm sure, my heart goes out to them for the pain they must have experienced with the whole situation. I also have compassion for them and what their future will be. Thanks to Most for telling a story that all parents should read. Our children's futures start at birth, and good communication should play an integral part in that.