TRUE-LIFE
Louise Burt, 55, Deal
Fingers hovering over the keyboard, I felt a flash of excitement. It was February 2018 and I enjoyed my job as a carer.
But I need more, I thought. I'd suffered depression before, and through therapy I'd learnt that caring for something, or somebody else, could give me purpose.
While I'd been single for five years, I wasn't ready for love.
First, I'd got a cat.
Then my thoughts turned to something very different.
Writing to a prisoner in America.
I'd been fascinated by the controversial case of Gary Tyler, a 16-year-old sent to death row for
