Book description
Lore Rivera was married to two men at once. She led a secret double life - until one man shot the other.
That's the story the world knows.
But true-crime writer Cassie Bowman wants to know more - about the mysterious woman at the heart of it all, and about…
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2 authors picked More Than You'll Ever Know as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this book during a camping trip with my family, and I got so sucked into the story that I kept sneaking off to read in the tent (which seems appropriate, given the plot). We’ve all read stories about husbands and fathers who hide secret second families, but in this case, it’s a mother who is secretly married to two different men.
The story illustrates how mothers are human and flawed like everyone else, and it made me reflect on all the ways our culture expects women to sacrifice for their families. I found myself questioning what we mothers…
From Hadley's list on explore what it means to be a mother.
I was obsessed with this book before I read it. As soon as I saw the deal announcement for this book—highlights? A female bigamist who has split her life between Mexico City and Texas, which has led to murder, finally tells her life story to a true crime journalist—I was sliding into the author’s DMs, begging for a copy. (Sadly, not an exaggeration!)
I loved the fresh take on a femme fatale here, which felt like it was tying noir roots to a modern sensibility, and I was OBSESSED with the setting—bouncing between Texas and Mexico City in the 1980s…
From Halley's list on female-driven noir novels.
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