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Johnson Elle - The Officer's Daughter A Memoir Of Family And Forgiveness - Paperback
Johnson Elle - The Officer's Daughter A Memoir Of Family And Forgiveness - Paperback
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Description: The Officer's Daughter is a powerful dissertation on the legacy of violence; a telling journey to the place in the heart where forgiveness is found. Elle Johnson's words are beautiful poignant and painful; and always deeply resonant with truth. This book has an echo that stays with you well after you have turned the last page. Michael Connelly New York Times bestselling author A beautiful and emotional memoir of a family tragedy . This searing story deserves a wide readership. Publishers Weekly (starred review) When I was sixteen my sixteen - year - old cousin Karen had her face blown off at pointblank range by a sawed - off shotgun ? In 1981, Elle Johnson and her cousin Karen were both daughters of Black law enforcement officers. Elle's father was a highly protective at times overbearing parole officer; her uncle Karen's dad was a homicide detective. Elle dreamed of being best friends with her popular cool cousin who understood her in a way no one else could. Then Karen was killed in a robbery gone wrong. The NYPD and FBI launched a cross - country manhunt to find the killers and the subsequent trials and media circus marked the end of Elle's childhood innocence. Thirty years later Elle living in Los Angeles and working as a television writer on scripted police dramas received an unexpected request from Karen's brother. Would Elle write a letter asking that Karen's killer not be released on parole? Suddenly Elle realized she didn t know if she would or could until she d faced some hard truths of her own past: of a family who didn t speak of the murder and its devastating effect of the secrets they buried of a complicated father she never truly understood. The Officer's Daughter is a piercing memoir that explores what parents can and cannot do to protect their children the reverberations of violence on survivors lives and the overwhelming power of forgiveness even in the face of unspeakable pain.
Title: The Officer's Daughter A Memoir Of Family And Forgiveness
Author(s): Johnson Elle
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063011335
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/15/2022
Description: The Officer's Daughter is a powerful dissertation on the legacy of violence; a telling journey to the place in the heart where forgiveness is found. Elle Johnson's words are beautiful poignant and painful; and always deeply resonant with truth. This book has an echo that stays with you well after you have turned the last page. Michael Connelly New York Times bestselling author A beautiful and emotional memoir of a family tragedy . This searing story deserves a wide readership. Publishers Weekly (starred review) When I was sixteen my sixteen - year - old cousin Karen had her face blown off at pointblank range by a sawed - off shotgun ? In 1981, Elle Johnson and her cousin Karen were both daughters of Black law enforcement officers. Elle's father was a highly protective at times overbearing parole officer; her uncle Karen's dad was a homicide detective. Elle dreamed of being best friends with her popular cool cousin who understood her in a way no one else could. Then Karen was killed in a robbery gone wrong. The NYPD and FBI launched a cross - country manhunt to find the killers and the subsequent trials and media circus marked the end of Elle's childhood innocence. Thirty years later Elle living in Los Angeles and working as a television writer on scripted police dramas received an unexpected request from Karen's brother. Would Elle write a letter asking that Karen's killer not be released on parole? Suddenly Elle realized she didn t know if she would or could until she d faced some hard truths of her own past: of a family who didn t speak of the murder and its devastating effect of the secrets they buried of a complicated father she never truly understood. The Officer's Daughter is a piercing memoir that explores what parents can and cannot do to protect their children the reverberations of violence on survivors lives and the overwhelming power of forgiveness even in the face of unspeakable pain.
Title: The Officer's Daughter A Memoir Of Family And Forgiveness
Author(s): Johnson Elle
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063011335
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/15/2022
