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Lily White

by Susan Isaacs

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Lily (Lee) White is a criminal defense attorney with a con man who has been accused of murder as a client. Starts out interesting but then went downhill with no real surprises. (

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CatieN | Feb 21, 2009 |

Long, drawn-out family story. You do get caught up in it, though. (

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billietexas | Jan 28, 2007 |

Slow to start, but then pulls you right along.

FieryNight | Jul 19, 2006 |

http://www.lonelymountain.net/books/n...

gwyneira | Jul 17, 2006 |

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Original publication date

1996

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Norman Torkelson

Lily White

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Long Island, New York, USA

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1996)

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Life is not easy for Lily White, a criminal defense lawyer who represents Norman Torkelson, a con man accused of murder. Although his girlfriend says she is the killer, Norman wants to take the rap. As the case unfolds, Lily's marriage falls apart. Her husband is about to leave her for her sister and also wants custody of their daughter. To make matters worse, everyone sides with her husband..

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0061093092, Mass Market Paperback)

Susan Isaac's seventh novel is the first story of Lee White, a criminal lawyer on Long Island ensnared with a con man accused of murder. Lee is a privileged, Jewish baby-boomer, whose parents changed their name to White before her birth and then named her Lily. Her family's rise to unhappiness is directly related to their rise to affluence, and Lily tries repeatedly to liberate herself to prove herself as a wife, a daughter, a parent, and a lawyer. Though she struggles with self-doubt, Lily's strength comes from her ability to acknowledge vulnerability and overcome it. As she unravels the truth, she faces some difficult family truths and solidifies her belief in herself.

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