My Review on The Officer's Daughter: A Memoir of Family and Forgiveness by Elle Johnson

Title: The Officer's Daughter: A Memoir of Family and Forgiveness 
Author: Elle Johnson 
Expected Publication: February 16,2021 
Published by: Harper 
Genre: Nonfiction/ Memoir 
Pages: 224 pages 
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Review: 

This is definitely a memoir that pulls at your heart strings, Elle writes about her cousin Karen. When they were both 16 years old Karen was working at a Burger King and was shot point blank in the face with a sawed off shotgun. The author goes through the details of the incident and how it impacted her family, the family that was torn in having to bury a 16 year old girl. Especially since Karen was murdered when two men and another in a get away car were trying to rob the Burger King.  The author also went through the emotions she felt at that time, how the murder of her cousin effected her achademics and even her personality. Elle has not a difficult but a very different relationship with her father who was a Parole Officer. He liked to control all aspects of his family's lives and was  very mistaken on what he could and could not control in his daughters lives.  Then, the author also jumps into the present time and explains or basically talks out her emotions and forgiveness of the men who are up for Parole. The author sets out to find out the truth of what happened that night and she writes a letter for the man that accidentally shot her cousin or not a letter but a statement for his parole hearing.
Now, this story will squeeze your heart. There is no way you are going to read this book and not have your heart strings pulled. I requested this book because I am a Crime Junkie and anything about true crime I like to read, what I read wasn't what I had originally expected but it was so good. I felt the emotions written were real and raw. I definitely would recommend this to anyone who loves true crime or also anyone who has been in the situation where forgiveness is needed. I would definitely read more from this author.

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