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The Secrets of Lizzie Borden / Brandy Purdy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 305 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780758288912
  • 0758288913
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Explores the famous murder of Andrew and Abby Borden through the eyes of their daughter, Lizzie, who was tried and acquitted of the crime, but who had significant cause for anger and resentment against her overly-frugal and strict father and step-mother.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction Purdy, Brandy Available 33111008152106
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In her enthralling, richly imagined new novel, Brandy Purdy, author of The Ripper's Wife , creates a compelling portrait of the real, complex woman behind an unthinkable crime.

Lizzie Borden should be one of the most fortunate young women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her wealthy father could easily afford to provide his daughters with fashionable clothes, travel, and a rich, cultured life. Instead, haunted by the ghost of childhood poverty, he forces Lizzie and her sister, Emma, to live frugally, denying them the simplest modern conveniences. Suitors and socializing are discouraged, as her father views all gentleman callers as fortune hunters. Lonely and deeply unhappy, Lizzie stifles her frustration, dreaming of the freedom that will come with her eventual inheritance. But soon, even that chance of future independence seems about to be ripped away. And on a stifling August day in 1892, Lizzie's long-simmering anger finally explodes... Vividly written and thought-provoking, The Secrets of Lizzie Borden explores the fascinating events behind a crime that continues to grip the public imagination-a story of how thwarted desires and desperate rage could turn a dutiful daughter into a notorious killer.

Includes discussion questions.

Includes bibliographical references.

Explores the famous murder of Andrew and Abby Borden through the eyes of their daughter, Lizzie, who was tried and acquitted of the crime, but who had significant cause for anger and resentment against her overly-frugal and strict father and step-mother.

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