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Book Review of Living to Tell

Living to Tell
Living to Tell
Author: Antonya Nelson
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From the back cover.....

After spending five years in prison for killing his beloved grandmother in a drunk driving accident, thrity-three-year-ol Winston Mabie is returning to his Wichita, Kansas, childhood home and the sisters and parents he left behind. Though the surroundings are the familiar, Winston's return suddenly forces the five Mabies to reexamine one another. Will they learn to talk of clean slates and new beginnings?

As the Mabies wrestle with pregnancy, broken hearts, obsession, redemption, mortality, and forgiveness, Antonya Nelson weaves a rich and true tapestry of family.