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Lily White (1997)

Lily White (1997)

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ISBN
0061093092 (ISBN13: 9780061093098)
Language
English
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harpertorch

About book Lily White (1997)

This is one of those books that stays with you for years. Though I read this years ago (as an older teen), there have been several occasions when I would have liked to read it again. I was unable to recall the title or the author and only found it again through creative "google-ing."(view spoiler)[The story revolves around Lily "Lee White." She is an attorney representing a con man. While she deals with this fellow, Lee takes us back to her past. We discover her upbringing, her seemingly wonderful husband, her failed marriage and her wreck of a sister. I remember being drawn in by the story. I cheered with Lee over her triumphs, commiserated with her over her odd and somewhat love-less family, and I was so angry when she was hurt. This is a book that I will have to read again as an adult. I can recall most of the elements of the story and can relate to Lee on a different level. She is a woman that has worked most of her life proving herself to others and feeling unworthy. Her life may not be idyllic now, but at least she's living on her own terms. (hide spoiler)]

Story of a lawyer, back to her past and her parents.Her marriage to the rich preppie.He quit law and began work for her father and an affair with her sister that lasted for years.Pretty good.

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I read this back in the 90s when the author was going through a time of particular popularity given Shining Through being adapted into a film. I was surprised to see in what could have been total fluff, the book had a surprisingly compelling storyline and was touching to boot. Almost from birth, Lily White (nee Weissman, then Weiss, then White) is a fish out of water. Among her photogenic but vapidly superficial family, among her classmates in school and later among her colleagues. Her life told via flashbacks in a double narrative style alongside the present day case she is investigating of a con man accused of killing his latest mark. Driven by her sense of integrity the reader will be in for a roller coaster ride of triumphs and betrayals in both Lily's personal and professional life as an attorney. Though the ending is a bit much to swallow, it still is well worth the readers time to get to know Lily White.
—Greg Lewis

Meet Lily White, Long Islands criminal defense lawyer. Smart, savvy and down-to-earth, Lee can spot a phony the way her snooty mother can spot an Armani. Enter handsome career con man Norman Torkelson, charged with murder; to wit, strangling his latest mark after bilking her out of her life's savings. As the astounding twists and reverses of the Torkelson case are revealed, so too is the riveting story behind Lee's life.Read this one (finally) as part of the 2005 ABC Author challenge; I found it funny, touching, distressing, surprising and a highly recommendable read. Lily was a joy to get to know. I really enjoyed Isaac's writing style, and the storyline grabbed me from the first page. I'll definitively read others by this author (did I mention how I LOVE this challenge??!!
—Maurean

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