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Life Sentences (Paperback)

by Laura Lippman (Author)
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"Lippman knows exactly what she's doing." (Seattle Times )

Lippman has enriched literature as a whole. (Chicago Sun-Times )

"Succeeds brilliantly... Lippman is in total command of her material, weaving strands about race, family myths and self-deception into a mystery so taut the reader is nearly afraid to keep going-and simultaneously powerless to stop. (People )

"Lippman, a Baltimore native, skillfully brings the racial and economic tensions of her middle-class neighborhood to life in this poignant page-turner." (Daily News )

"Theirs is a strong and vivid story, one that will intrigue many readers-especially, I suspect, women who find echoes of their own lives and friendships in this drama." (Washington Post )

Life Sentences is an original and intricately woven whydunnit, with characters as real as the Baltimore streets they live on.With Laura Lippman's unique storytelling and love of the genre, mystery awards will surely keep pouring in. (Madison County Herald, Mississippi )


About the Author

Laura Lippman grew up in Baltimore and returned to her hometown in 1989 to work as a journalist. After writing seven books while still a full-time reporter, she left the Baltimore Sun to focus on fiction. The author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including What the Dead Know and Life Sentences, she has won numerous awards for her work, including the Edgar, Quill, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, Agatha, Gumshoe, Shamus, Barry, and Macavity.


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5.0 out of 5 stars TOPNOTCH NARRATION OF AN INTRIGUING STORY, April 6 2009
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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Wonder how often I've heard the voice of Linda Emond. Countless times, no doubt, as she has played numerous roles on stage and screen. In addition, she has recorded who-knows-how-many narrations, voice overs, and commercials. Emond changes her voice as subtly and swiftly for the microphone as she does her appearance for the camera. Listen to her speak of Gypsy Rose Lee and you can almost see the feathered fan. Her lilting tone suggests joy while a tremulous quality transmits fear.

Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award and a Tony nominee for her Broadway work she's a multi-talented and multi-faceted actress. Listening to her narrate Life Sentences one believes that she actually is Cassandra Fellows, a successful author.

Yes, Cassandra is a best-selling author, predominantly of memoirs. She's not had very good luck with her novel, so the thought is back to memoirs. But, what to write about? She almost feels that she has said it all, told it all. Then she is reminded of Calliope Jenkins, a black girl who was in her class at school. Calliope was involved in a strange case that mesmerized Baltimore some years back - the woman's child disappeared, may have been killed, but no body was ever found.

Brilliant idea, Cassandra thinks. She can find Calliope, discover the truth, and delve into the lives of former classmates along the way. Not such a good idea after all as her probing reveals some things about herself that she really didn't want to know.

- Gail Cooke
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