{"product_id":"9781555979287","title":"The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book \u003ci\u003eJane: A Murder\u003c\/i\u003e,  a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been  murdered thirty-five years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane  was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in  Michigan in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, one November afternoon, Nelson received a  call from her mother, who announced that the case had been reopened; a  new suspect would be arrested and tried on the basis of a DNA match.  Over the months that followed, Nelson found herself attending the trial  with her mother and reflecting anew on the aura of dread and fear that  hung over her family and childhood--an aura that derived not only from  the terrible facts of her aunt's murder but also from her own complicated  journey through sisterhood, daughterhood, and girlhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Red Parts\u003c\/i\u003e  is a memoir, an account of a trial, and a provocative essay that  interrogates the American obsession with violence and missing white  women, and that scrupulously explores the nature of grief, justice, and  empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128608309488,"sku":"9781555979287","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555979287_p0.jpg?v=1763757573","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555979287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}