The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it's too late to escape the fallout?The Life We Buried, The Guise of Another, and The Heavens May Fall are all award-winning and USA Today bestselling novels by Allen Eskens. He has been a criminal defense attorney for 25 years and resides in Minnesota with his wife, where he is a member of the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781616149987 |
| ISBN 10 | 1616149981 |
| Title | The Life We Bury |
| Author | Allen Eskens |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
| Year published | 2014-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 303 |
| Prizes | Commended for Minnesota Book Award (Fiction) 2015, Commended for Thriller Awards (First Novel) 2015, Short-listed for Anthony Awards (First Novel) 2015, Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (First Novel) 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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