
The Red Parts
Autobiography of a Trial
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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By:
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Maggie Nelson
About this listen
A chilling genre-busting memoir by a major American essayist
Late in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book, Jane: A Murder, a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been murdered 35 years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in Michigan in 1969.
Then, one November afternoon, Nelson received a call from her mother, who announced that the case had been reopened; a new suspect would be arrested and tried on the basis of a DNA match. Over the months that followed, Nelson found herself attending the trial with her mother and reflecting anew on the aura of dread and fear that hung over her family and childhood - an aura that derived not only from the terrible facts of her aunt's murder but also from her own complicated journey through sisterhood, daughterhood, and girlhood.
The Red Parts is a memoir, an account of a trial, and a provocative essay that interrogates the American obsession with violence and missing white women and that scrupulously explores the nature of grief, justice, and empathy.
©2007 Maggie Nelson. Preface to the paperback edition © 2016 by Maggie Nelson (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.The story of the trial is an interesting backdrop.
Wow
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Not many books make me digest the words and really the No about the true meaning.
Really glad I came across this one.
Exceptional.
Wow! 1 sitting!!
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Amazing book well read
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The narration here was excellent and perfectly suited to the writing.
Incredible
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However I just don't really get this book. What is it trying to say? Who is it saying it to?
The Red Parts
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A rare, bold & brilliant female voice.
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Thought provoking...
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Awful. Disjointed story with no real feeling.
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