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, the 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 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13
9780803232679
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108603345
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bigger than Life: a Murder, a Memoir
Author
Dinah Lenney
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Memorials
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
133mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dinah Lenney
Series Title
American Lives
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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