No Way to Run: A Mother and Son Story of Surviving Abuse
Crichton, Holly
On 3 September 2010, the RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alberta, received a 911 call from Mat Crichton about a shooting on a local farm. Seconds later, miles from home, Holly Crichton got a shocking call from her son. "I just shot Dad, " Mat told her. The violent end to a violent situation came as no surprise to the community, Holly and her sons had been living in terror from the abuse of her husband for many years. Surprisingly, when Holly and her y...