The Bone Lady

For English class, not long ago, I had to read a non-fiction book. The book I chose is called The Bone Lady. It was written by Mary Manhein and the book is about her stories of cases that she had to investigate in her years as a forensic anthropologist.

A forensic anthropologist is someone who examines the remains of bones found after several years of decading. Someone who is found dead and still had flesh on the body, that body gets sent to a forensic lab with CSI's, but when a body is found and only bones are left, that's when they get sent to a forensic anthropologist, like Mary. Mary is one of the most known forensic anthropologist all around Louisiana. Mary is from Louisiana, and later on, after going to college, she started to work at the FACES lab in Louisiana, where she was closest to home.

This book was acctually really good and very detailed about her cases and her life. She had always been interested in puzzles and mysteries, and that's why she loves doing what she does. I've thought about becoming somebody like that, although she does explain how it takes up most of your life. This book had difficult language because of the scientific terms, but if you're really interested, you can read between the lines and get the main idea. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in science and the human body because it is really descriptive of how she examines the body and finds the story behind their remains. This book was a 4-5.