This newly
released book is the story of Nettie Sachs, an
immigrant born in Lithuania in
1885. Coming to America
opened a world of opportunities for her. Educated in
New
York as a pharmacist she life was an adventure in America..
She experienced
the Spanish American war, Galveston
Hurricane of 1900, Louisiana Exposition in
St. Louis in 1904,
ending with bootlegging and speakeasy’s in Chicago. Married
five times, widowed twice, she gave birth to six children.
Nettie was murdered
by her fifth husband when she was only
37 years old. Her last father –in –law
was envious of her
wealth and wanted to claim it for his own. He used his son,
13 years her junior to marry her, then kill her. This true story
and the trial for her murder was the headline in
papers across
the country in 1923.
Characters and Birth Order
When stories
are told and books are written they develop the
personalities of their
characters with the story. Without
knowing it, they all fit their birth order personalities. This is
especially
true when the story is true and not fiction.
This is
the case with this book. The following are the birth orders of
the main characters.
Nettie
Our central
character is Nettie. She had four older
siblings
but there was a large age gap between her next older sister
and Nettie. This gave Nettie a five/only double birth
order.
The five is a second level #1 so
Nettie was a very put together
woman that was very much in charge. Her Only
traits gave
her the ability to take charge and push forward with great
confidence.
Second Husband Louis Zauderer
Louis Zauderer
was her second husband. He had a double
birth order of a 2/1. Louis started the
second group of
children in the family as he had a much older brother. He
also had a younger sister a 3/2 who must
have dethroned
him. She married a very wealthy
attorney and their parents
moved into his house in New York. Louis never got over
the dethroning and
turned to drugs and alcohol. He was a
very unhappy man all his life. He had multiple wife’s after
Nettie.
Nettie’s best friend Anna
Anna was a
third born with older brothers. She was
shy and
protected by her older brothers.
This made her very timid and
careful when she was on her own. Laughing
on the outside
but crying on the inside.
When she got older she developed a
very tough exterior to protect her
inner self, the number three
doesn’t want anyone to know how vulnerable they
are.
Edward Sacks
This was
Nettie’s older brother in Houston. (He
spelled his
name differently) He had a One/Only double birth order very
similar
to Nettie’s Five/Only. This was the
reason they got
along so well and he was very supportive of her. He help
finance her education, she in turn named
her first child for
him.. Edward was a
very successful businessman in Houston.
Dr. Samuel Herskovitz
Sam was
Nettie’s third husband. He was a number
four birth
order. The baby in the family
that everyone wanted to help.
Women
especially were fond of “taking care” of Sam. He had
a very interesting
relationship with an older woman who
helped him during his medical school
education. Sam was a
driven man especially in his profession but didn’t mind
taking a back seat to Nettie who had the superior birth order.
Harry Diamond
Harry was
Nettie’s fifth husband and her murderer.
He was a
firstborn that was coddled by his immigrant parents. He could
do no wrong and was given anything
he wanted. This
developed in him an ego
and superior attitude. He felt laws
were
for others and that he was smarter than everyone else.
A small time wise guy in the 1920’s. His luck
ran out when
he was convicted of Nettie’s murder.
I think you
will enjoy this book now that you understand some
of the character’s birth
orders. Real life is sometimes stranger
than fiction. You can learn more about
birth order in my book
Life’s
Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path
Throughout Life. If you buy The Heartless Murder of Nettie
Sachs, I
will send you a code to get the audio version of Life’s
Fingerprint Free. You
can reach me through my website
www.mybirthorder.com or www.Nettiesachs.com
