Book description
Minneapolis, 1953âA wild crime spree stuns the Upper Midwest, leaving a trail of blood and betrayal that terrifies a region and shatters the family at its core.Â
Thirty-eight years later, the tattered remnants of the notorious LaVoie crime familyâsisters, brothers, and children too young to remember or understandâgather for anâŚ
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1 author picked My Name Is Joe Lavoie as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A master of nonfiction crime writing, William Swanson uses his W.A. Winter pen name for fictional works, including this 2022 book that clung to my thoughts weeks after the last page. Based loosely on a Minnesota crime spree in the 1950s, Winter takes readers into the mind of Joe Lavoieâthe wheelchair-bound lone survivor of three brothers who engaged in a shootout with police in 1953. Set in 1991, 38 years after the crippling police gunshot, the taut writing takes you into Joeâs mind and explores his dysfunctional family on what turns out to be his last stand.
From Curt's list on Minnesota stories to get through a long winter.
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