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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley's face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes -- the moment she hears him speak of his crimes -- she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her...
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This work presents twenty-three "essays brimming with insight and emotional truth. From a writer turning to an AI language enerator to write about her sister's death, to a son grappling with the memory of his abusive mother, to a pilgrim walking in the shadow of a missing woman, these selections interrogate the past and illuminate the present." --back cover
