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Author Dykstra, Katherine, author.

Title What happened to Paula : on the death of an American girl / Katherine Dykstra.

Publication Info. New York : W W. Norton & Company, [2021]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  363.25 DYKSTRA    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  363.25 DYKSTRA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  363.259 DYK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.25 DYKSTRA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.2595 DKYSTRA    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  363.25 DYKSTRA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  363.2595 DYK    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.25 DYK    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.2595 DYKSTRA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "A riveting investigation into a cold case asks how much control women have over their bodies and the direction of their lives. In July 1970, eighteen-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling left her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and never returned. A cold case for fifty years, Paula's story had been largely forgotten when Katherine Dykstra began looking for answers. A woman was dead. Why had no one been held responsible? How could a community give up and move on? Could there ever be justice for Paula? Tracing the knowns and unknowns, Dykstra discovers a girl who was hemmed in by the culture of the late 1960s, when women's rights had been brought to the fore but had little practical bearing on actual lives. The more she learns about Paula, the more parallels Dykstra finds in the lives of the women who knew Paula, the lives of the women in her own family, and even in her own life. Captivating and expertly crafted, What Happened to Paula is a timely, powerful look at gender, autonomy, and the cost of being a woman"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Oberbroeckling, Paula, -1970.
Murder -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids -- Case studies.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids -- Case studies.
Young women -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Pregnant teenagers -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) (OCoLC)fst01736451
Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
Young women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01183328
Iowa -- Cedar Rapids. (OCoLC)fst01206097
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
ISBN 9780393651980 (hardcover)
0393651983 (hardcover)
9780393651997 (epub)
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