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Ms. Lowry also talked about her book Crossed Over: A Murder, A Memoir, published by Random House. The book is about the friendship she developed with Karla Faye Tucker, a death-row prisoner in Texas. Ms. Lowry began visiting her shortly after a hit-and-run driver killed her son Peter in 1984. The book is about the friendship she developed and her thoughts about death as well as about Ms. Tucker’s circumstances.
Ms. Lowry talked about her forthcoming book Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madam C. J. Walker, to be published by Alfred A. Kn… read more
Ms. Lowry talked about her forthcoming book Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madam C. J. Walker, to be published by Alfred A. Knopf. Mme. Walker is an early African-American entrepreneur.
Ms. Lowry also talked about her book Crossed Over: A Murder, A Memoir, published by Random House. The book is about the friendship she developed with Karla Faye Tucker, a death-row prisoner in Texas. Ms. Lowry began visiting her shortly after a hit-and-run driver killed her son Peter in 1984. The book is about the friendship she developed and her thoughts about death as well as about Ms. Tucker’s circumstances. close
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