{"product_id":"the-secrets-of-lizzie-borden","title":"The Secrets of Lizzie Borden","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her enthralling  richly imagined new novel  Brandy Purdy  author of The Rippers 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  Lizzies 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 imaginationa story of how thwarted desires and desperate rage could turn a dutiful daughter into a notorious killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959170789429,"sku":"ByrdShop_0758288913","price":61.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780758288912.jpg?v=1770373820","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-secrets-of-lizzie-borden","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}