Aug 15, 2017 · Playing Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give up their lives—and their families—to start again.
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Playing Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give up their lives--and their families--to start again. Show more Genres Nonfiction True Crime Crime Death Audiobook Memoir Mystery ...more
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Aug 15, 2017 · Playing Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give up their lives—and their families—to start again. Read Full Overview
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May 29, 2012 · Like the Chicken-Fried Steak that its characters love, Playing Dead combines Texas and Noir in unexpectedly wonderful ways, with a refreshingly real heroine and a plot thatmoves and twists with the unpredictability of a rodeo bull."
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May 29, 2012 · In Playing Dead, Tommie’s life is upended when a mysterious letter arrives, claiming that she’s a kidnapped baby. Since her father just passed away and her mother has dementia, finding the truth isn’t as easy as asking a question.
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