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Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden
Author: Elizabeth Engstrom
Elizabeth Engstrom's Lizzie Borden is not a true crime book, but rather an exquisitely crafted novel about a bright young woman whose filial love is strained to the limits by poverty and the desire to break free of a stifling family. The central characters, the oppressive summer heat, and the floor plan are drawn from the 1892 Massachusetts case...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312861544
ISBN-10: 0312861540
Publication Date: 7/15/1997
Pages: 352
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5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Forge Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Lizzie felt imprisoned by her stepmother's avarice, her sister's emotional blackmail, her father's suffocating love.
But Lizzie was stubborn. if she could not find happiness within the bounds of family and class, she would search elsewhere.
Lizzie's search ended in frustration and disaster.
And one hot August day in 1892, something terrible happened in that cramped house the Bordens called home.
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The book is a fictional account, it does not examine and try to solve the murders.
I personally didn't like this book.
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I always wondered what the real story of Lizzie Borden, the ax murderer, was. Written without a lot of gore or gross out stuff.


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