A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) Claire Douglas #1 New York Times bestselling

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series

Blood spatter expert Doctor Claudia O’Sheil’s evidence put the killer behind bars—or so everyone believes

With exquisite prose and profound insight

Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the ways of their American homeland

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A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) Claire Douglas #1 New York Times bestsellingNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. "An instant classic." Chicago Tribune A majestic, moving novel an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically