William Boyle: Saint of the Narrows Street, Gebunden

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"Gravesend, Brooklyn, 1986. Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband Saverio and their eight-month-old baby Fabrizio. Risa is a loving mother, a faithful wife, a saintly neighbor, as she has learned to be--but lately, her husband's slow dive into criminality and abuse has threatened her peace, raising concerns about her and her baby's safety. On the night her younger sister Giulia moves in with Risa to recover from a bad break-up, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on the spot. The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the man's body and go on with their lives as best they can"--