Light from a distant star
Subtitle: a novel
By: Mary McGarry Morris
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown; Broadway Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780307451866; 9780307451880; 9780307451873
Subjects: Child witnesses; Murder; Fiction
Description: "When violence erupts in the lovely Peck house, the prime suspect seems obvious. Nellie knows who the real murderer is, but is soon silenced by fear and the threat of scandal. The truth, as she sees it, is shocking and unthinkable, and with everyone's eyes riveted on her in the courtroom, Nellie finds herself seized with doubt. No one will listen. No one believes her, and a man's life hangs in the balance."--from cover, p. [2-3].