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Bonner, Betsy.
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Bonner, Betsy.
Black, Atlantis, 1976-2008.
Murder -- Investigation -- United States.
Sisters -- United States.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States.
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Bonner, Betsy.
Bonner, Betsy.
Black, Atlantis, 1976-2008.
Murder -- Investigation -- United States.
Sisters -- United States.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States.
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The book of Atlantis Black : the search for a sister gone missing / a memoir by
Betsy
Bonner
.
by
Bonner
,
Betsy
.
Tin House, 2020.
Call #:
364.1523092 B716b
Subjects
Bonner
,
Betsy
.
Black, Atlantis, 1976-2008.
Murder -- Investigation -- United States.
Sisters -- United States.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States.
ISBN:
9781947793774 (hc.)
Edition:
1st US ed.
Description:
261 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Reminiscent of Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's The Fact of a Body and Maggie Nelson's The Red Parts, a perfect balance of memoir and true crime, The Book of Atlantis Black will have you questioning facts, rooting for secrets, and asking what it means to know the truth. A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads "Atlantis Black." The police report states that the body does not seem to match the identification, yet the body is quickly cremated and the case is considered closed. So begins
Betsy
Bonner
's search for her sister, and the unraveling of the mysterious final months before her disappearance, alleged overdose, and death. With access to Atlantis's email and social media accounts,
Bonner
attempts to decipher and construct a narrative: frantic and unintelligible Facebook posts, alarming images of a woman with a handgun, Craigslist companionship ads, DEA documentation, video surveillance, police reports, phone calls, and moments together conjured from memory. Through a history only she and Atlantis shared -- a childhood fraught with abuse and mental illness, Atlantis's precocious yet short rise in the music world, and through it all an unshakable bond of sisterhood --
Bonner
finds questions that only lead to more questions and possible clues that seem to point in no particular direction. In this haunting memoir and piercing true crime account,
Bonner
must decide how far she will go to understand a sister who, like the mythical island she renamed herself for, might prove impossible to find."--From publisher.
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True crime.
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