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326 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2017
Reconsidered: The Chuck Buhrman Murder was splashed in bold red letters across a fuzzy black-and-white picture of my father. It was the headshot he had used for work, the one where he looked less like an actual college professor and more like a caricature of one, with his tweed jacket, crooked eyeglasses, and thick black beard. The faint twinkle in his eyes threatened to undo me.
Daddy.
"The truth is never complicated. It’s just the truth. Circumstances may be complicated, but the truth is always black and white.”
“You have to take care of the people you love or you lose them.”
“I’d hoped it would all just blow over, but apparently America has an appetite for that brand of opportunistic, sensationalistic reimagining of the truth.”
My connection to my sister had been dulled over the years—first by drugs, then by distance—but my body insisted Lanie was calling out for me. I hadn't decided if I would answer.