Tracy Manaster
Author
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Olive Kitteridge and The Woman Upstairs, this novel explores how a terrible crime changed one woman's life forever.
Lida Stearl prides herself on always do the right thing-it has served her well throughout her life as she built a career as an orthodontist, maintained a happy marriage, and raised her young niece after the murder of her sister by her brother-in-law, Clarence Lusk. But now that she's widowed, retired, and an empty...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A well-intentioned birthday gift for Lida Stearl leads to the discovery that Clarence Lusk, on death row for the murder of Lida's sister and preparing for his final appeal, is seeking pen-pals. Lida does not think he is entitled to any such consolations, and decides to teach him a lesson: she begins to write him, pretending to be someone else. As she accumulates details of Clarence's life in prison and his connections outside it, her preoccupation...
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