A review by danibeliveau
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

4.0

A story of two families rooted in separate experiences of child abuse. It takes almost half the book to link these two seemingly unconnected narratives, coming to that point where the author’s and Ricky’s lives intertwine. If you’re like me, the back-and-forth between these two stories might get confusing and a little frustrating because they seem so completely apart from each other; I almost put the book down out of impatience, waiting for the other shoe to drop. I’m glad I didn’t. The stories do come together in a way that is, surprisingly, very elegantly structured despite the deeply troubling content. Now, having reached the end, I fully appreciate the scope of the book’s title and subtitle.