After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544302656 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Crystal Perry was much more than a victim, and Sarah Perry gives her vibrant life here. With this book, Perry writes her mother back into the world.” —Alison Smith, author of Name All the Animals “Sarah Perry’s book is smooth, beautiful and breathtaking. In this gripping tale of the search for the killer, Perry examines the issues her mother faced in her brief life: poverty, the search for home and, most importantly, the deadly and all-too-common issue of violence against women. Part memoir, part true crime, Eclipse is a clear-eyed, captivating portrait of a life cut short. I can’t quite get over it—her ma
Through it all she would dream of the eventual trial, a conviction—all her questions finally answered. A fierce memoir of a mother’s murder, a daughter’s coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life. When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal. But after the trial, Sarah’s questions only grew. But that brief moment of darkness ultimately foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later, Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine, just a few feet from Sarah’s bedroom. The killer escaped unseen; it would take the poli