i've never read a book that has prose so beautiful, so harrowing, that you forget it's non-fiction. the prose is a tapestry for which the author weaves her sister's journals, letters, and accounts from loved ones, as she attempts for justice of her death. at the end of the book it felt like i had known liliana, as intimately as she was portrayed. if the purpose of this book is to bring her sister's story to light, to capture the essence of her being, how she loved and lived, then the author did a stunning job.