This international bestseller explores how and why women have killed throughout American history-and what their cases reveal about social prejudices and legal practices that still prevail. Here are tales of crime and punishment-from Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris-that uncover hard truths about American society and women's place in it.
"Ann Jones's important book shows us the world as if women mattered. . . a real life murder mystery that readers won't be able to put down. . . a classic." —Gloria Steinem
"[This] provocative book. . . reminds us again that women are entitled to their rage."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Stunning, revealing, provoking. . . A powerful book, not only about women who murder, but also about how women have been perceived by men." —Vogue
"A classic and superb piece of work that can change social attitudes." —Adrienne Rich
"Startling and timely." —Los Angeles Examiner