The red parts : autobiography of a trial
Record details
- ISBN: 1555977367
- ISBN: 9781555977368
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Physical Description:
xvii, 201 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2016]
Content descriptions
General Note: | First published: Free Press, 2007. This edition has a new preface by the author copyright 2016. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Murder Investigation Michigan Case studies Murder Psychological aspects Case studies Murder victims' families United States Case studies Nelson, Maggie 1973- Family Mixer, Jane Louise -1969 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 364.1523 M685n 2016 (Text) | 33126024408142 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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After investigating the murder of an aunt who was thought to be the victim of a serial killer, the author discusses how she and her family dealt with feelings of grief and trauma when the discovery of a DNA match identifies the real killer. - McMillan Palgrave
Late in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book Jane: A Murder, a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been murdered thirty-five years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in Michigan in 1969.
Then, one November afternoon, Nelson received a call from her mother, who announced that the case had been reopened; a new suspect would be arrested and tried on the basis of a DNA match. Over the months that followed, Nelson found herself attending the trial with her mother and reflecting anew on the aura of dread and fear that hung over her family and childhood--an aura that derived not only from the terrible facts of her aunt's murder but also from her own complicated journey through sisterhood, daughterhood, and girlhood.
The Red Parts is a memoir, an account of a trial, and a provocative essay that interrogates the American obsession with violence and missing white women, and that scrupulously explores the nature of grief, justice, and empathy.