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Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Forgiveness.
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Johnson, Lois (Television writer and producer)
Johnson, Lois (Television writer and producer) -- Family.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Forgiveness.
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The officer's daughter : a memoir of family and forgiveness / Elle
Johnson
.
by
Johnson
,
Lois
(
Television
writer
and
producer
)
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Call #:
364.1523 J67o
Subjects
Johnson
,
Lois
(
Television
writer
and
producer
) -- Family.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Forgiveness.
ISBN:
9780063011328 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
213 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The author reflects on a terrible tragedy that forever altered the fabric of her family in this remarkable memoir, a heart-wrenching story of love, violence, coming of age, secrets, justice, and forgiveness. When she was sixteen, Elle
Johnson
lived in Queens with her family; she dreamed of being best friends with her popular, cool cousin Karen from the Bronx. Coming from a family of black law enforcement officers, Elle felt that Karen would understand her in a way no one else could. Elle’s father was a highly protective, at times overbearing, parole officer; her uncle, Karen’s dad, was a homicide detective. On an ordinary night, the
Johnson
family’s lives were changed forever. Karen was shot and killed in a robbery gone wrong at the Burger King where she worked. The NYPD and FBI launched a cross-country manhunt to find the killers, and the subsequent trials and media circus marked the end of Elle's childhood innocence. Thirty years later, Elle was living in Los Angeles and working as a
television
writer
, including on many police procedural shows, when she received an unexpected request. One of Karen’s killers was eligible for parole, and her older brother asked Elle to write a letter to the parole board arguing against his release. Elle realized that before she could condemn a man she’d never met to remain in prison, she had to face the hard truths of her own past: of a family who didn’t speak of the murder and its devastating effect, of the secrets they buried, of a complicated father she never truly understood. The Officer's Daughter is a piercing memoir that explores with unflinching honesty what parents can and cannot do to protect their children, the reverberations of violence on survivors’ lives, and the overwhelming power of forgiveness, even in the face of unspeakable tragedy."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
True crime.
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