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Author Hoffman, Wayne (Wayne Adam), author.

Title The end of her : racing against Alzheimer's to solve a murder / Wayne Hoffman.

Publication Info. New York : Heliotrope Books, 2022.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 HOFFMAN    Check Shelf
Description 303 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
Contents Prologue: The Favorite -- PART 1: I Called Bullshit -- Getting Lost -- Cause of Death: 'Homicidal' -- Sarah and David -- The Woman Is Shot! -- PART 2: Travels with My Mother -- Joining the Club -- What's in a Name? -- Passover to Passover -- To Winnipeg -- The Funeral -- Finding Sarah -- The Mystery of Fanny -- A Free Man -- The Key -- PART 3: Whodunit? -- The Inquest -- A Rich Reward -- Unlikely Suspects -- David and Bella -- Letting the Past Rest -- PART 4: Ethel -- Lost -- The Downward Spiral -- 'Hi, I'm Susan.' -- Moving Out -- PART 5: Reopening the Investigation -- Finding Fanny -- Falling -- Growing the Family Tree -- Good Spirit Country -- 'Zayde Didn't Tell Stories' -- The Culprits -- Grandma -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.
Summary Who was behind the brutal murder of my great-grandmother? wondered Wayne Hoffman, a New York City-based journalist and novelist. The crime wasn't just a family legend--it made headlines across Canada in 1913--but her killer had never been found. In THE END OF HER, Hoffman meticulously researches this century-old tragedy, while facing another: his mother's decline from Alzheimer's. Weaving back and forth between past and present, Hoffman invokes in dramatic detail the life and death of his immigrant great-grandmother in Winnipeg, and his mother's downward spiral. In the process, he discovers an extended family that has been scattered across thousands of miles for a hundred years."--Back cover
"Journalist Hoffman (Hard and two other novels) makes his nonfiction debut with a riveting account of his dual efforts to care for his aging mother and crack a century-old unsolved murder ... Hoffman makes the details of his dogged research vivid ... and his conclusions about the murder are convincing. Meanwhile, he movingly recounts his mother's increasing memory loss and overall decline. This is a unique addition to the cold case subgenre, and a powerful mix of true crime and family memoir."--Publishers Weekly
Subject Feinstein, Sarah, 1887-1913.
Feinstein, Sarah, 1887-1913 -- Death and burial.
Hoffman, Susan, 1940?-
Murder -- Investigation -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients. (OCoLC)fst00806557
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) (OCoLC)fst01736451
Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788
Manitoba -- Winnipeg. (OCoLC)fst01205803
ISBN 9781942762904
1942762909
9781942762898
1942762895
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