{"product_id":"when-she-was-bad-isbn-9780735281097","title":"When She Was Bad","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning author and journalist Patricia Pearson, \u003ci\u003eWhen She Was Bad\u003c\/i\u003e questions our understanding of violent women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do some women murder their children? Why do others team up with men in ghoulish killing sprees? What motivates the female serial killer?\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eWhen She Was Bad\u003c\/i\u003e explores the enigmatic heart of female darkness, drawing into focus such fascinating characters as Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house in Sacramento; Mary Beth Tinning, who killed eight of her children in upstate New York; Karla Homolka, who joined forces with Paul Bernardo to abduct, rape and murder school girls in southern Ontario; and Karla Faye Tucker, the born-again Christian who was executed in Texas for having killed two people with a pickax.\u003cbr\u003e     In this provocative book, Patricia Pearson explores women's innate capacity for aggression, an idea we remain deeply uncomfortable with.\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGLOBE \u0026amp; MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important, necessary book highlights our urgent need to re-examine what we think we know about female aggression.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e (Notable Book of the Year)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Groundbreaking.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling, frightening look at women, not as victims of violence, but as perpetrators of it. . . . Gripping, controversial material that sheds light on violence and society, and how women can get away with murder.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable. . . . It is also profoundly disturbing, as it is the first significant sustained challenge against mainstream notions about violent femmes.\" —\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003ePATRICIA PEARSON is the award-winning author of several works of fiction and non-fiction that have been published in over a dozen countries and adapted for television. She has also contributed commentary to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and multiple other outlets. \u003ci\u003eWhen She Was Bad\u003c\/i\u003e was her first book, and the recipient of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime of 1997. She has since been a finalist for the Leacock Memorial Medal and the BC National Book Award. She lives on a farm outside Toronto.","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303440240869,"sku":"NP9780735281097","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735281097.jpg?v=1767743977","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/when-she-was-bad-isbn-9780735281097","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}