{"product_id":"lizzie-a-novel-isbn-9780062564450","title":"Lizzie: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eLizzie Borden, America's most celebrated murderer, comes to vivid life in this riveting and chilling book by acclaimed author Evan Hunter as the portrait of a notorious woman unfolds with shocking clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLizzie Borden took an ax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd gave her mother forty whacks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe saw \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhat \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehad done\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe gave \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eher father f\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eorty-one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recreating the events of that fateful day, August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts, and the extraordinary circumstances which led up to them, Evan Hunter spins a breathtakingly imaginative tale of an enigmatic spinster whose secret life would eventually force her to the ultimate confrontation with her stepmother and father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Lizzie Borden freed of history and legend—a full-bodied woman of hot blood and passion, fighting against her prim New England upbringing, surrendering to the late-Victorian hedonism of London, Paris and the Riviera, yet fated to live out her meager life in a placid Massachusetts town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeething with frustration and rage, a prisoner of her appetites, Lizzie Borden finally snapped . . . but how and why she was led into her uncompromising acts is at the heart of this enthralling, suspenseful work of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating the actual inquest and trial of Lizzie Borden with an account of her head-spinning, seductive trip to Europe, Evan Hunter portrays with a master craftsman's art the agony of a passionate woman and the depths of a murdering heart.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAcclaimed author Evan Hunter’s riveting, chilling book brings to vivid life Lizzie Borden—America’s most celebrated murderer. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn re-creating the events of August 4, 1892, that fateful day in Fall River, Massachusetts, and the extraordinary circumstances that led up to them, Evan Hunter spins a breathtakingly imaginative tale of an enigmatic spinster whose secret life would eventually force her to the ultimate confrontation with her stepmother and father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Lizzie Borden freed of history and legend—a full-bodied woman of hot blood and passion, fighting against her prim New England upbringing, surrendering to the late-Victorian hedonism of London, Paris, and the Riviera, yet fated to live out her meager life in a placid Massachusetts town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeething with frustration and rage, a prisoner of her appetites, Lizzie Borden finally snapped . . . but how and why she was led into her uncompromising acts is at the heart of this enthralling, suspenseful work of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating scenes from the actual inquest and trial with an account of her head-spinning, seductive trip to Europe, Evan Hunter portrays the agony of a passionate woman and the depths of her murdering heart.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A readable, provocative view of elusive Lizzie, very engaging.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A bravura performance… the most original, ambitious, and controversial novel yet written about the celebrated Lizzie Borden.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888436310245,"sku":"NP9780062564450","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062564450.jpg?v=1730229085","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lizzie-a-novel-isbn-9780062564450","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}