By Brandy Purdy
Lizzie Borden could be probably the most lucky younger women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her prosperous father may simply manage to pay for to supply his daughters with stylish outfits, shuttle, and a wealthy, cultured existence. as an alternative, haunted by means of the ghost of early life poverty, he forces Lizzie and her sister, Emma, to reside frugally, denying them the easiest sleek conveniences. Suitors and socializing are discouraged, as her father perspectives all gentleman callers as fortune hunters.
Lonely and deeply unsatisfied, Lizzie stifles her frustration, dreaming of the liberty that might include her eventual inheritance. yet quickly, even that opportunity of destiny independence turns out approximately to be ripped away. And on a stifling August day in 1892, Lizzie’s long-simmering anger ultimately explodes…
Vividly written and thought-provoking, The secrets and techniques of Lizzie Borden explores the attention-grabbing occasions at the back of a criminal offense that maintains to grip the general public imagination—a tale of the way thwarted wants and determined rage may well flip a dutiful daughter right into a infamous killer.
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