{"product_id":"9781472295798","title":"Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America s mass graves","description":"Author: Alexa Hagerty\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472295798\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Jul 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHOSEN BY \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF 2023\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS EDITOR' S CHOICE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Has the makings of a classic.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chilling and vital. . . sensitive and thought-provoking.\" - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the pile of broken mirrors that is loss and mourning.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this haunting and poetic account, anthropologist Alexa Hagerty joins forensic teams and families of the missing as they search for the hundreds of thousands victims of genocidal violence unleashed by authoritarian governments in Latin America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Guatemala and Argentina, she learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for evidence of torture and cause of death - hands bound by rope, cuts from machetes - but also for signs of a life lived: a weaver is recognized from the tiny bones of the toes, molded by years of kneeling before a loom; a girl is identified alongside her pet dog. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHagerty shows us how exhumation can bring meaning to families dealing with unimaginable loss and justice to societies in the aftermath of state terror and genocide. Weaving together powerful stories about investigative breakthroughs, grieving families, histories of violence, and her own forensic coming of age, Hagerty crafts a moving portrait of the living and the dead.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eTouching, but achingly honest \u003c\/b\u003e- a most amazing account of training as a forensic anthropologist. When Hagerty talks about \"lives being violently made into bones,\" \u003cb\u003eI defy you not to be moved\u003c\/b\u003e. The text is unflinching, but then the crimes and the victims deserve nothing less. I guarantee this will make you think long and hard about cruelty and human rights and the dedication and humanity of the forensic scientist.\" - \u003cb\u003eSue Black, author of \u003ci\u003eAll That remains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading as a human.' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of\u003ci\u003e Fact of a Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375407845534,"sku":"ADS-9781472295798","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472295798.jpg?v=1767670052","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472295798","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}