Bigger than Life - A Murder, a Memoir (Paperback)

Nelson Gross led an outsized life-one in which he played many roles: father, brother, husband, politician, entrepreneur. When he was killed by a couple of teenagers in a botched abduction and robbery, the murder shook his family in predictable and terrible ways. For his daughter, Dinah Lenney, parent of her own young children, the loss sparked a self-reckoning that led to this book, which is both a meditation on grief and a coming-of-age story. By turns funny and sad, frustrating and fulfilling, her candid memoir conducts readers through marriage and divorce, blended and broken families-and, finally, the kinds of conflict that infect the best of us under even the best of circumstances. In the end, Lenney leaves us with the sense that in spite of extraordinary events-as with most families-it is mutual forgiveness and love that lead us to empathy, acceptance, and the will to carry on.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Lives
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Dinah Lenney
Dimensions:	210 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-3267-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-3267-5
Barcode:	9780803232679

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