{"product_id":"the-murderers-daughters-paperback","title":"The Murderer's Daughters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandy Susan Meyers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLulu and Merry's childhood was never ideal, but on the day before Lulu's tenth birthday their father drives them into a nightmare. He's always hungered for the love of the girls' self-obsessed mother; after she throws him out, their troubles turn deadly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLulu had been warned to never to let her father in, but when he shows up drunk, he's impossible to ignore. He bullies his way past Lulu, who then listens in horror as her parents struggle. She runs for help, but discovers upon her return that he's murdered her mother, stabbed her five-year-old sister, and tried, unsuccessfully, to kill himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLulu and Merry are effectively orphaned by their mother's death and father's imprisonment, but the girls' relatives refuse to care for them and abandon them to a terrifying group home. Even as they plot to be taken in by a well-to-do family, they come to learn they'll never really belong anywhere or to anyone--that all they have to hold onto is each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor thirty years, the sisters try to make sense of what happened. Their imprisoned father is a specter in both their lives, shadowing every choice they make. One spends her life pretending he's dead, while the other feels compelled, by fear, by duty, to keep him close. Both dread the day his attempts to win parole may meet success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautifully written, compulsively readable debut, Randy Susan Meyers's \u003ci\u003eThe Murderer's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the power of family and the ties that bind us together and tear us apart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Susan Meyers\u003c\/b\u003e spent eight years as assistant director of Common Purpose, a batterer intervention program where she worked with both batterers and domestic violence victims. Previously, she was director for the Mission Hill Community Centers where she worked with at-risk youth. She is the co-author of the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eCouples with Children\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003ePerigee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFog City Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGrub Street Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches fiction-writing seminars at the Grub Street Writers' Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She lives in Boston with her husband and is the mother of two grown daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134424813703,"sku":"9780312674434","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/efb95ef1b96729945d54e48170d9a228.webp?v=1732641659","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-murderers-daughters-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}