For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and JusticeModern · True Crime, Nonfiction, Memoir
For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
2005 · 352 pages · Nonfiction
49
Modern
★ 4.32 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1). 4.32★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Readers91 out of 100 · counts 40%+41
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller23 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+8
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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On our reserve shelf: it hasn't collected enough Goodreads ratings yet for us to rank it alongside the Must-Read 50 pool. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (2 weeks at #1)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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