These memoirs are interesting and very captivating at times.
The only trouble I have with Blanches memoir is her seeming lack of remorse for the numerous people murdered and lives destroyed because of her participation. Unlike Ralph who spent his remaining years speaking and trying to dissuade others from a life of crime, Blanche did not seem to do this. Perhaps she did but it is not detailed in these memoirs. Granted her memories were written when she was young and obviously still traumatized , how could she not be, but even in others recollections of Blanche , included in this book, there is no recall of her empathy for those who were also suffering in the depression just to have this group rob them of their meagre earnings. Or worse kill them for their meagre earnings, or murdering the law enforcement trying to stop them. Many of whom were very kind to Blanche, as she herself describes after her arrest and during her incarceration. There is something about Blanche that seems to have been detached, lacking a real empathy. It is interesting that soon after her third husband dies she reconnected with the Burrow's and Billie Jean Parker, at her own initiative. She must have missed them during the years she was married? I wish the author/editor who had interviewed Blanche prior to his death addressed his thoughts on this or those who knew her well and shared memories of her had shares their opinions about her true feelings towards the crimes committed zit is addressed very briefly in none comment Blanche made in her last year.
In short a good read but I am not left with much compassion for Blanche which I thought I might have been. Yet the Sheriff who was shot by this gang , along with his son, and his wife befriended her and helped her. So did others indicating there must have been something about her that was sincere and remorseful but it doesn't come across in the memoirs. She does not come across like a hardened criminal. She just seems to lack real insight into her crimes and emotionally immature perhaps.
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