The author offers an account of her encounter with murder and its aftermath while serving on the jury for the trial of Maryann Acker, her decision many years later to meet the woman in prison, and her personal investigation into the forces that drove Maryann to crime.
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"Subtle, never sentimental, exact and terrifying, Linda Spalding is compelled by what she sees and learns, taking the moral disturbances of popular life as her starting point as she examines the blind violence at the heart of things."
--Susanna Moore, author of The Big Girls
"The true mystery here is not about a murder but about the unforeseen sisterhood between a writer and a prisoner. It's about the mirrors we hold up to one another and the risks of accepting what we see. I salute Linda Spalding. Who Named the Knife was not an easy book to write--which is why it makes for a most compelling read, a story told with honesty and a rare vulnerability."
--James D. Houston, author of Bird of Another Heaven
"I've read dozens of courtroom dramas and probably hundred of memoirs, but Spalding's remarkable book takes both of those familiar genres, twists them together, and pulls the resulting cord so taut that you cannot possible stop reading until you reach the last, haunting sentence."
--Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Possible Pursuits
"Spading's strong, elegant prose carries the story along effortlessly... This delicate yet powerful work should find a wide readership."
--Publishers Weekly
Linda Spalding was born in Kansas and lived in Mexico and Hawaii before immigrating to Toronto in 1982. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Daughters of Captain Cook, The Paper Wife, and (with her daughter Esta) Mere. Her non-fictionm The Follow, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Pearson Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize. She has been awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the Canadian literary community.
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. First American Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Codice articolo GRP76662660
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. First American Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Codice articolo 18311387-6
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95. Codice articolo G0375424768I4N00
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95. Codice articolo G0375424768I3N00
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Da: Ray Dertz, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First United States Edition. 6"x8½"; 258 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. Dustjacket has a clear polyester book jacket cover. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order more than one book, I will combine the books in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Codice articolo 005458
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Da: Bookmarc's, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. BT4 - An uncorrected bound galley softcover book in very good condition that has light discoloration and shelf wear. A book of murder and mystery. A spellbinding account of a murder, of the young woman convicted of the crime, and of its effects on the author's own life. 8.25"x5.5", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). Codice articolo EC27470BB
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Da: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Hb. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 258 pp. Lightly bumped corners, very light wear. Codice articolo 134066
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Da: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, whose front inner fold is creased. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 258 p. Audience: General/trade. Slight bumping to book corners and a triangle of sunning to the front board. By the Harbourfront Festival Prize-winning author (wife of Michael Ondaatje) of 'The Follow / A Dark Place in the Jungle: Following Leakey's Last Angel into Borneo' and 'The Paper Wife'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo Alibris.0005218
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Da: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
hardcover. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Codice articolo FORT445055
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Da: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.75. Codice articolo 353-0375424768-gdd
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