The Ride: A Shocking Murder and a Bereaved Father's Journey from Rage to Redemption

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The Ride tells the true story of one of the most gruesome crimes in recent memory—the 1997 abduction and murder of ten-year-old Massachusetts resident Jeffrey Curley—and how his father, Bob Curley, managed to heal the deep wounds of rage and emerge to become an outspoken critic of the death penalty.

In vivid, compelling prose, Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie recounts the brutal crime that shocked New England and chronicles what transpires after Jeffrey’s death, which is nearly as shocking as the crime itself. At the heart of this deeply touching story is the way Bob Curley summons the almost superhuman courage to reject the death penalty. In ...

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The Ride tells the true story of one of the most gruesome crimes in recent memory—the 1997 abduction and murder of ten-year-old Massachusetts resident Jeffrey Curley—and how his father, Bob Curley, managed to heal the deep wounds of rage and emerge to become an outspoken critic of the death penalty.

In vivid, compelling prose, Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie recounts the brutal crime that shocked New England and chronicles what transpires after Jeffrey’s death, which is nearly as shocking as the crime itself. At the heart of this deeply touching story is the way Bob Curley summons the almost superhuman courage to reject the death penalty. In tracing his personal journey, The Ride presents an appealing everyman hero forced into the spotlight by unfathomable circumstances, and compelled to confront the consequences of his fury.
 

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In 1997, the murder of ten-year-old Jeffrey Curley rocked the blue collar Boston suburb East Cambridge, , an idyllic but scrappy community where, in the crime's aftermath, neighbor quickly turned against neighbor. The murder sparked an intense movement in liberal Massachusetts to reinstate the death penalty; at the outset, one of the movement's most outspoken proponents was Jeffrey's father, Bob Curley. In this vivid account by Boston Globe reporter MacQuarrie, Bob Curley wrestles with the demons of grief, alcoholism and vengeance, as well as family conflict and outsiders' opportunistic political agendas, to emerge a staunch, courageous opponent of capital punishment. His saga will hold particular resonance for readers who struggle with their own opinions on the complex issue. While relating details of the horrific crime, MacQuarrie's style is visceral and haunting, but he loses some steam when focusing on Bob's journey-perhaps because MacQuarrie gives the rest of the Curley family such short shrift. Still, this is a gripping, unusual true crime tale, likely to move readers to tears and sure to inspire personal contemplation.
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Boston Globe reporter MacQuarrie chronicles the October 1997 murder of ten-year-old Jeffrey Curley and its devastating effect on his family. What begins as fairly typical, if unusually disturbing, true-crime material quickly turns into the stuff of Greek tragedy as the author plumbs the psyche of the real protagonist of the story-Jeffrey's father Bob, a firehouse mechanic from a working-class section of Cambridge. Bob was estranged from his wife and beginning a new relationship when Jeffrey's horrific murder at the hands of a pair of sociopaths thrust him into the limelight as the de facto spokesman for the reinstatement of the death penalty in one of the most liberal states in the nation. At first, perhaps as a result of the guilt he felt for not being present when Jeffrey needed him most, Bob was eager to play the role that death-penalty proponents asked of him. The sentiment the Curley case aroused in the public developed a momentum that nearly succeeded in overwhelming the anti-capital punishment contingent that was long in power in the statehouse, but crafty politics and unusually courageous politicians turned back the challenge. Then Bob found himself-and worse, the image of Jeffrey in his Little League uniform-being used as a political prop in campaign literature without permission. When the courts dealt Jeffrey's murderer a light sentence, Bob lost all faith in the system to get the right man, let alone determine whether he lived or not. MacQuarrie's familiarity with the physical landscape of Boston and its suburbs lends a captivating verisimilitude to the storytelling, and he masterfully captures the rawness of Bob's emotions as he moved from inarticulate rage to a kind oftranscendent wisdom. A first-rate combination of true crime and social history. Author tour to New England. Agent: Rachel Sussman, Todd Shuster/Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency

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  • ISBN-13: 9780306816260
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 6/2/2009
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 1,248,322
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.00 (d)

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Brian MacQuarrie

For the last twenty years, Brian MacQuarrie has been a reporter and editor for the Boston Globe, where he has covered a wide range of major breaking stories, including the invasion of Iraq, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Hurricane Katrina. He lives in Boston.

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  • Posted July 24, 2009

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    An Amazing Story....start to finish

    I just finished reading this gut-wrenching, honest, compelling, and amazing story. I strongly recommend it to "everyone" It certainly gives you food for thought about the death penalty. I started the book feeling one way, and completely changed my mind by the end. The Curley family lived through everyones worst nightmare. After you read this book, you will carry them in your hearts forever. Nice job by Mr. MacQuarrie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 20, 2009

    The Ride will make a great movie!

    The Ride is a true story, accurately depicted, which took place in Boston not so many years ago. The Curley family's tragedy could happen to any of us. For that reason alone, it will be a while before this book lets go of me. I could spend two pages telling you why it will continue to have such a profound effect on me. It all comes down to Brian MacQuarrie's consummate skill in patiently seeking out countless details and then crafting a tragic tale with such a powerful but understated message. Remember his name. Let's hope he is already looking forward to his next book.

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  • Posted May 25, 2009

    This is Worth Your Time

    There are many books in the true crime genre to be had, to be breezed through, some which may momentarily hold our attention, and then be content to put them down and move on. To even those who have an aversion to such a story about the incredibly brutal murder of the very young Jeffrey Curley and then the revolting aftermath, I will say, you must read this book. Many of us as parents have difficulty contemplating the murder of a child, lest someday it be our child, but one reason it is important to face such tragedies is that we must see first, how it is possible for parents to survive and overcome them, and then to process and reason through what in this case was strong arguments for both sides of the capital punishment question. It is through thoughtful discourse that we become better thinkers about what our society needs to be. Incredibly well-written, engaging, gripping, cover to cover.

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