Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder

by Leah Carroll

Book Overview

Like James Ellroy's, My Dark Places, Down City is a gripping narrative built of memory and reportage, and Leah Carroll's portrait of Rhode Island is sure to take a place next Mary Karr's portrayal of her childhood in East Texas and David Simon's gritty Baltimore.

Leah Carroll's mother, a gifted amateur photographer, was murdered by two drug dealers with Mafia connections when Leah was four years old. Her father, a charming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455563293
• ISBN13: 9781455563296
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"