
- 359 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
"Greenwood's glowing dark ruby of a novel brilliantly transforms the true crime story that inspired Nabokov's
Lolita. Shatteringly original and eloquently written....So ferociously suspenseful, I found myself holding my breath." —Caroline Leavitt,
New York Times bestselling author of
Pictures of You
Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute—unless she does as he says.
This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way.
Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, whose story shocked the nation and inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write his controversial and iconic
Lolita, this heart-pounding story by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Camden, New Jersey: June 1948
- Atlantic City, New Jersey: June 1948
- Baltimore, Maryland: August 1948
- Dallas, Texas: April 1949
- San Jose, California: March 1950
- Camden, New Jersey: April 1950
- Camden, New Jersey: 1951–1952
- Wildwood by the Sea, New Jersey: August 1952
- Camden, New Jersey: August 1952
- Author’s Note
- A Reading Group Gold Selection
- Praise for Rust & Stardust
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright