Summary
A work of literary journalism about a shocking crime committed by a teenager - and its even more shocking aftermath. In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a Black teenage girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for ven... Full description
- The care of children ; South of the Little Calumet ; The making of a prosecutor ; Malice supplies the age ; The question of conscience ; The law covers all
- Nighttime in the crane ; Meeting the "animal" ; Love, Paula ; Enter the Italians ; The power of numbers ; The chapel ; Standards of decency ; A normal prisoner
- The caravan ; The journey ; Her sister's keeper ; A pearl of great price ; A network of fine threads ; What they were, what they are, what they will become
- Anniversary ; Judgment ; Storytelling.