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"Alex Mar's bold yet sensitive account of one of America's youngest death row inmates - and the people whose lives she forever changed - is intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable." - Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road"An absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness. This is a book of awesome scope, and it deserves to be read with attention." - Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogyA masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crime - and its extraordinary aftermathOn a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion.
About the Author
Alex Mar is a writer based in her hometown of New York City. Her first book, WITCHES OF AMERICA, was a New York Times Notable Book in non-fiction, a New York Times Editors' Pick; among The Millions' "Most Anticipated Books" of 2015, The Believer's "Favorite Books" of 2015, and Huffington Post Books' "Most Notable" of the year; as well as a Marie Claire "Top Book-Club Pick." Some of her recent work has appeared in The Believer, Wired, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Elle, Tin House, and The Oxford American (where she is a contributing editor) . She was nominated for a 2018 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and her essays were included in both Longreads' and BuzzFeed's "Best of 2016" year-end lists. She is also the director of the feature-length documentary American Mystic, now streaming on Amazon Video. Mar is currently at work on her second non-fiction book, for Penguin Press.
