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The Officer’s Daughter: A Memoir of Family and Forgiveness

Maybe someday

29

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

5/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Elle Johnson, Janina Edwards

Publisher:

Harper

Date:

February 16, 2021

The author reflects on a terrible tragedy that forever altered the fabric of her family in this story of love, violence, coming of age, secrets, justice, and forgiveness.

What The Reviewers Say


The New York Times Book Review
A slim, immensely moving book. Johnson skips back and forth from her teenage years to the present, telling her story in plain-spoken language and examining her own reactions to Karen’s murder from both perspectives.

Publishers Weekly
Screen writer Johnson debuts with a beautiful and emotional memoir of a family tragedy.

Kirkus
Powerful reflections on crime, murder, punishment, and redemption.