Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir by Lenney, Dinah

Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803232679)

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Format: Paperback
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Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir by Lenney, Dinah

Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir

$17.95
Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir by Lenney, Dinah

Bigger Than Life: A Murder, a Memoir

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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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, 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 even 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.

Author: Dinah Lenney
ISBN-10: 0803232675
ISBN-13: 9780803232679
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2011
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.80d
By Dinah Lenney
By Dinah Lenney
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Dinah Lenney's essays and reviews have appeared the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Ploughshares, Agni, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere. She received a Special Mention for her work in the Water-Stone Review and the 2010 Pushcart Prize anthology. Lenney has a BA from Yale University and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars, where she serves as a member of the core faculty. She also teaches in the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, as well as in the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California. A working actor in theatre, film, and television, Lenney co-authored Acting for Young Actors and has guest-starred on numerous television shows. You can visit her websites at www.dinahlenney.com and http: //college.usc.edu/thegamut/author/dinahlenney/

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