The Life We Bury
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Allen Eskens
A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout?
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More Details:
Author
Allen Eskens
Pages
303
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2014-10-14
ISBN
161614999X 9781616149994
Community ReviewsSee all
"Movie worthy !!!"
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Charles Moore
"A university assignment to interview an Assisted Living resident leads to exonerating that resident from a decades old murder charge. A delightful read and well-written."
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Merry
"5"
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Lisa k
"shocking book !"
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Velvett
"Great book different from the usual thrillers I’ve read recently. If you love “the innocence project” and the purpose it serves in today’s society, this book is a great read! "
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Jennifer McCants
"I figured it out pretty quickly. The side story was mostly good, too."
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Sandra Alef
"One of my new favorites!"
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Rodney Bingaman
"3.5<br/>"
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Jfly winslow
"Allen eskens did a great job writing a feel-good thriller."
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Grace Z
"4.3/5 - really enjoyed this book. Had enough in the storyline to keep it interesting without it feeling too much. Could not put the book down at the end"
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Amanda Sulkosky
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