{"product_id":"9781410720917","title":"Lela","description":"\u003cp\u003eReba was a wonderful mother.  After her husband died she had raised her five children with her limited resources and some help from her sister and brother-in-law who were childless.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e When the youngest child was nine years old she saw her mother murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Three men raped and murdered her mother.  All three of the men were prominent citizens.  One of them was even the sheriff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e When they realized the woman was dead the men sobered up.  They agreed it had been an accident- an unfortunate accident.  The woman shouldn’t have had her dress up showing her white little ass as she urinated there in the woods where she had been picking blackberries.  They became concerned with trying to protect themselves and their families.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e When they found out the little girl had seen them they became obsessed with trying to stay out of her sight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The child ran into each of the men.  Each time she identified one of the men as her mother’s murderer she was told she was wrong. The men were family men.  They were prominent citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The uncle and aunt took the children to raise.  After the child kept insisting she had identified the men correctly the uncle got a detective to investigate the case.  The detective was murdered.  The death was investigated by the sheriff and declared an accident.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The child entered her teens and her mother’s death had still not been avenged.  The system had let her down.  She felt unbearable guilt that she hadn’t somehow been able to stop her mother from being murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e When she was fifteen years old she began taking the punishment of her mother’s murderers into her own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Over several years the three men died.  Each time she was present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e After the death of the last man she collapsed mentally.  The aunt and uncle realized she had been responsible for the deaths of her mother’s murderers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The girl had fallen in love with one of the men’s sons.  It was never to be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The girl’s mind became that of the child she used to be.  The aunt and uncle lived life day by day hoping she would never regain the horror of the memories that lay buried in her mind.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140812718320,"sku":"9781410720917","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410720917_p0.jpg?v=1763724915","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410720917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}