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LocationOakland
StatusChecked Out
Call NoBIOGRAPHY CORNWELL
TitleTrue crime : a memoir / Patricia Cornwell.
AuthorCornwell, Patricia Daniels author.
Barcode47660111118960
CollectionNF Biography
Summary"Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth. Cornwell depicts a harrowing hospitalization and near-death car accident. She unflinchingly shares overcoming obstacles that later gave her the ambition to become an award-winning police reporter. From there it was research in a medical examiner's office that would turn into a full-time job. She would become a forensic expert and worldwide publishing phenomenon. Cornwell leaves no stone unturned in this deeply candid account of her life, offering inspiring insight into what made her into the international sensation she is today"-- Provided by publisher.
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OaklandChecked Out47660111118960BIOGRAPHY CORNWELLNF BiographyNew ShelfDue on 5/20/2026

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781538778463 ebook
International Standard Book Number 9781538778449 hardcover
Personal Name Cornwell, Patricia Daniels author.
Title Statement True crime : a memoir / Patricia Cornwell.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2026.
Physical Description 454 p. hardcover 23 cm.
Summary, Etc. "Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth. Cornwell depicts a harrowing hospitalization and near-death car accident. She unflinchingly shares overcoming obstacles that later gave her the ambition to become an award-winning police reporter. From there it was research in a medical examiner's office that would turn into a full-time job. She would become a forensic expert and worldwide publishing phenomenon. Cornwell leaves no stone unturned in this deeply candid account of her life, offering inspiring insight into what made her into the international sensation she is today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women novelists, American Biography
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Biography & autobiography
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, Memoirs.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Biography & autobiography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Literary figures, Biography & autobiography.
Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies lcgft