02444cam a2200409 i 4500 19604468 OSt 20220407154841.0 170420s2017 nyu 000 0deng 2017003049 9781250080547 (hardback) 9781250080561 (e-book) DLC eng PUL rda PUL pcc n-us-la HV6533 .L8M37 2017 364.152/3092 23 TRU002000 FAM001010 bisacsh Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria, [author]. The fact of a body : a murder and a memoir / Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. First edition. viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm ""This book is a marvel. The Fact of a Body is equal parts gripping and haunting and will leave you questioning whether any one story can hold the full truth." -- Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestselling Everything I Never Told You 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 reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case. Despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar. Crime, even the darkest and most unsayable acts, can happen to any one of us. As Alexandria pores over the facts of the murder, she finds herself thrust into the complicated narrative of Ricky's childhood"-- Langley, Ricky Joseph. Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria Family. Murder Louisiana. Murderers Louisiana. Child molesters Louisiana. Women lawyers United States Biography. Family secrets. Child abuse. TRUE CRIME / Murder / General. bisacsh FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse. bisacsh 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 33517 33517 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2022-04-07 DONATION 1500.00 2022-15559 0 HV6533 .L8M37 2017 2022-0783 2022-04-07 00:00:00 2022-04-07 BK