Bereft: A Sister's Story

Jane Bernstein was seventeen when her adored older sister, Laura, was stabbed to death by a stranger who had no apparent motive. Two decades later, she found herself haunted by the tragedy. Like a detective, she began to reimmerse herself in the murder, obsessively reviewing articles & records & interviewing attorneys, detectives, even the father of her sister's killer. The hard truths she unearthed called into question her identity as daughter, mother, & wife. They also revealed how unacknowledged loss profoundly, if silently, warps the lives of those it leaves in its wake. "A compelling page-turner ... So skillfully does Bernstein glide between the past & present, readers are likely to forget this sometimes tragic, sometimes sentimental journey is true ... Like Angela's Ashes, Bereft can break your heart one moment & make you smile the next. Bernstein's sensitive memoir, written with unblinking candor & unusual compassion, is likely to become a favorite." --Doris Bloodsworth, The Orlando Sentinel. "Part intimate memoir & part detective story ... Bereft is hard to put down." --Lori Leibovich, US Magazine.Jane Bernstein is the author of 'Bereft: A Sister's Story' with ISBN 9780865476134 and ISBN 0865476136.