Summary

In Georgia Loses Her Brother but Finds Herself, Georgia writes about the many childhood camping trips she took with her father and siblings. On one memorable occasion, her brother Asher went for a walk in the woods and did not come back for hours. It was common in Georgia's childhood for kids to go off on their own, but he was gone longer than usual and into the evening. Georgia's interest in true crime prompted her to imagine all kinds of horrible things that could have befallen him. She writes about other crimes committed in the woods and notes that she has "an obligation as an avid participant in true crime to remember that many people have to live in those stories, and it’s more to them than just a cautionary tale or a late-night thrill" (265). Asher returned after...