Book Review #72" "The Fact of a Body"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir," by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. This book is hot off the press as it was published on May 16, 2017 by Flatiron Books. For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book is about intertwining histories, that of the author who is going through the process of finding herself after being molested by her grandfather, and a young boy Jeremy Guillory who was murdered by a child molester. For Alexandria she comes to question her beliefs and who she is when she comes across a death penalty case of Ricky Langley. Alexandria has always been against the death penalty. But when she comes across the case of Ricky Langley who is a convicted sex offender and murderer she finds that she wants him to die. This sets her on a course of finding out the truth. But what she finds isn't so black and white as the truth she expects to find. 

     Overall I rated this book five stars out of five. This was an excellent book it was extremely well written. It definitely got to the heart of the matter. The author poured her heart and soul in this book as she does in her real life. In writing this book the author found what she was looking for, that what is true in life isn't so black and white. Instead it is a murky line in the gray area that you can be one thing and be another thing too at the same time. I think this book had many lessons to be learned, even though with the subject matter it was at times difficult to read. This book is a must read and should be read by everyone.

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Flatiron Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill