America's First Female Serial Killer by Mary Kay Mcbrayer

America's First Female Serial Killer by Mary Kay Mcbrayer

This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and readers of both fiction and true-crime nonfiction. It is for watchers of television shows like Deadly Women and Mindhunter who are fascinated by how killers are made. It's for self-conscious feminists, Americans trying to bootstrap themselves into success, and anyone who loves a vigilante beatdown, especially one gone off the rails.It's the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Because even though all the facts are intact, books about her life and her crimes are all facts and no story. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way.When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, wrote her out of the will, and essentially taught her to hate herself. Jilted at the altar, Jane became a nurse and took control of her life--and the lives of her victims.

Mary Kay McBrayer is a co-founder and host of the podcast Everything Trying to Kill You. She is a Book Riot correspondent and professor of literature in Kennesaw State University. Her writing and prose are feature in the Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly Review and Chicago Literati. For more, you can visit her blogs, MaryKayMcBrayer.com and Book Riot.

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ISBN 13	9781642502077
ISBN 10	1642502073
Title	America's First Female Serial Killer
Author	Mary Kay Mcbrayer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mango Media
Year published	2020-06-04
Number of pages	216
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.