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Barcode30293102355737
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoB Corn
TitleTrue crime : a memoir / Patricia Cornwell.
AuthorCornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.
CollectionNF Biography
Total Circ0
NumReserves1
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102355737B Corn5/11/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781538778449 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1538778440 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9781538784372 (trade paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1538784378 (trade paperback)
Personal Name Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.
Title Statement True crime : a memoir / Patricia Cornwell.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2026.
Physical Description 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. "Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth. Cornwell depicts a harrowing hospitalization and near-death car accident. She unflinchingly shares overcoming obstacles that later gave her the ambition to become an award-winning police reporter. From there it was research in a medical examiner's office that would turn into a full-time job. She would become a forensic expert and worldwide publishing phenomenon. Cornwell leaves no stone unturned in this deeply candid account of her life, offering inspiring insight into what made her into the international sensation she is today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women novelists, American Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Novelists, American Biography.
Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Index Term-Genre/Form Memoirs.

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