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Title: The Execution of Noa P. Singleton

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth L. Silver

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Amanda Carlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-13

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 114 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A beguiling debut novel about the stories we tell ourselves to survive, the scars that never fade, and the things we choose to call the truth.

Noa P. Singleton speaks not a word in her own defense throughout a brief trial that ends with a jury finding her guilty of first-degree murder. Ten years later, a woman who will never know middle age, she sits on death row in a maximum security penitentiary, just six months away from her execution date.

Seemingly out of the blue, she is visited by Marlene Dixon, a high-powered Philadelphia attorney who is also the heartbroken mother of the woman Noa was imprisoned for killing. She tells Noa that she has changed her mind about the death penalty and Noas sentence, and will do everything in her considerable power to convince the governor to commute the sentence to life in prison - if Noa will finally reveal what led her to commit her crime.

Noa and Marlene become inextricably linked through the law, shared sentiments of guilt, and irreversible mistakes in an unapologetic tale of love, anguish, and deception that is as unpredictable as it is magnificently original.

Critic Reviews:

"In this grippingly off-kilter thriller, a young woman sits on death row after being convicted of murder until a high-powered attorney the victims mother intervenes, leaving everyone to wonder why." (O, The Oprah Magazine)

"Silver has written a darkly witty, acerbic jigsaw puzzle of a first novel about legal versus moral culpability[and] explores convolutions of guilt and innocence beyond the laws narrow scope with a sharpness and attention to detail that can be unnerving but demands attention." (Kirkus)

"Vividly written debut novel...Silver definitely delivers a thought-provoking examination of the criminal-justice system, providing a clear-eyed view of the artificial theatrics that dominate criminal trials and a heartfelt look at both grief and remorse. An intriguing debut from a writer to watch." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Sorry, but not the next "Gone Girl"

Theres no question the book is compelling but to be truthful the readers (they are to be praised for a magnificent read. They made us hate all the characters so much that we just had to know what motivated them) saved it from failure. The moral ambiguities that the story brings out are worthwhile to discuss, ie. Is the death penalty moral? but the story doesnt do it justice. The author definitely succeeded in forcing me to finish to find out what really happened but I felt (dont want a spoiler here) the ending was somewhat non-believable. Dont get me wrong, I really enjoyed the book but it was no, Gone Girl. When I finished the book, I realized that I didnt believe any of the characters even though I knew them well. Was this Ms. Silvers intent? I dont think so. I think it is just a case of a first novel lack of depth. I know its not fair to compare but when I read a book like this (here I mean the authors linguistic gymnastics), Im forced to think of a book like American Pastoral. After all, we have to set the bar somewhere. When I think of the characters in Noa P, they are so anemic and thinly drawn that they disappear almost as quickly as the earplugs are out. During a talk to librarians on Youtube, Ms.