Beverly Lowry
Autor(a) de Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders
About the Author
Beverly Lowry is the director of the Creative Nonfiction Program at George Mason University.
Image credit: Author Beverly Lowry at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53296118
Obras por Beverly Lowry
Patricide (in Granta: Losers - BUFORD) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (2007) — Contribuidor — 549 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Lowry, Beverly
- Data de nascimento
- 1928-08-10
- Sexo
- female
- Local de nascimento
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Locais de residência
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Greenville, Mississippi, USA
New York, New York, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Missoula, Montana, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA (mostrar todos 8)
Austin, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Educação
- Memphis State University
- Ocupações
- actor
writer
Membros
Críticas
Come Back, Lolly Ray por Beverly Lowry
Interesting enough that I finished reading it, although not the type of book that I generally enjoy. The writing style was enjoyable, descriptions were not tedious and painted a vivid picture of a town with a history and distinct culture. The characters were not relateable, but weren't really meant to be, as the writer explored their flaws and weaknesses.
½
On the surface this is a book analyzing the murder of an elderly socialite in Mississippi with the blame falling on her seemingly caring model daughter shocking all who knew the family. The mother was stabbed over one hundred times with pruning sheers. Ruth (the daughter) who reports the murder says she interrupted a Negro man committing the deed. When there is no evidence of this she becomes the primary suspect, No one came up with any other alternatives. The author intersperses her personal story as she grows up nearby during this time - an unneeded interruption from the book's main focus.… (mais)
The story of a 1948 murder that shocked a Mississippi Delta community. A well-placed member of society was accused of murdering her own mother. Tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison, she was released after only six years.
The author portrays the release as white privilege, a symbol of the esteem white women were given in the South. Or possibly just money. Interwoven throughout the book is the author's own less wealthy upbringing in the same location.
Unfortunately too much extraneous detail was included in the narrative making it difficult to follow the storyline. I would have appreciated a much more straightforward rendition.… (mais)
The author portrays the release as white privilege, a symbol of the esteem white women were given in the South. Or possibly just money. Interwoven throughout the book is the author's own less wealthy upbringing in the same location.
Unfortunately too much extraneous detail was included in the narrative making it difficult to follow the storyline. I would have appreciated a much more straightforward rendition.… (mais)
One of the most upsetting cold cases I've read about. Still unsolved after all these years, and most likely never will be. Nicely researched and sensitively presented.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 421
- Popularidade
- #57,942
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 11
- ISBN
- 37
- Línguas
- 2
