Lacy Eye
Department
Writing, Literature and Publishing
Author(s)
Jessica Treadway
Resource Type
Other
Publication, Publisher or Distributor
Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date
2015
Brief Description
Publishers Weekly calls Jessica Treadway's latest novel Lacy Eye (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, March 2015) a "deftly plotted psychological thriller… a devastating portrait of a family torn apart from both the outside and within." A brutal home invasion results in the death of Hanna Schutt's husband Joe, and leaves Hanna herself permanently disfigured. Their college-age daughter Dawn's boyfriend, Rud Petty, is convicted of the crime, but three years later he wins an appeal and a new trial. The prosecution wants Hanna to testify, hoping she will remember that Dawn herself played a role in the attacks, but Hanna does everything in her power to defend her daughter's innocence.