LIFE SENTENCES by Laura Lippman - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
See all titles by Laura Lippman.In this blazing stand-alone novel of twisting suspense, the New York Times bestselling author raises difficult, illuminating questions about the nature of truth and examines the extraordinary power and fragility of memories. Writer
Cassandra Fallows achieved critical and commercial success with an
account of her Baltimore childhood growing up in the 1960s and a
follow-up dealing with her adult marriages and affairs.
The merely
modest success of her debut novel leads her back to nonfiction and the
possibility of a book about grade school classmate Calliope Jenkins.
Accused of murdering her infant son, Jenkins spent seven years in
prison steadfastly declining to answer any questions about the
disappearance and presumed death of her son. Fallows tries to
reconnect with three former classmate friends to compare
memories of Jenkins and research her story.
In the process, she
discovers the gulf that separates her memories of
events from theirs. Fallows's pursuit of Jenkins's story becomes a
rich, complex journey from self-deception to self-discovery.
"Razor-sharp." - Entertainment Weekly
"Lippman has not only expanded the frontiers of genre fiction, she has enriched literature as a whole." - Chicago Sun-Times
Laura Lippman has won every major mystery award, including the Anthony, the Edgar, the Shamus, the Agatha, the Quill, and the Nero Wolfe.
