02806cam a2200517 i 4500 345835622 TxAuBib 20180502120000.0 170420s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017003049 9781250080547 hardback 1250080541 hardback (OCoLC)959038791 TxAuBib rda Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria,. The fact of a body : a murder and a memoir / Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. First edition. New York : Flatiron Books, [2017] viii, 326 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322.) ""This book is a marvel. The Fact of a Body is equal parts gripping and haunting and will leave you questioning whether any one story can hold the full truth." -- Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestselling Everything I Never Told You Before. Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley's face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes -- the moment she hears him speak of his crimes -- she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case. Despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar. Crime, even the darkest and most unsayable acts, can happen to any one of us. As Alexandria pores over the facts of the murder, she finds herself thrust into the complicated narrative of Ricky's childhood"-- Provided by publisher. 20180502. Langley, Ricky Joseph. Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria Family. Murder Louisiana. Murderers Louisiana. Child molesters Louisiana. Women lawyers United States Biography. Family secrets. Child abuse. TRUE CRIME / Murder / General. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse. Murderers Louisiana. Family secrets. Murder Louisiana. Child abuse. Women lawyers United States Biography. Child Abuse. True crime stories. Autobiographies. Biographies. TXLIV