03683cam a2200361 4500 582808000 TxAuBib 20220717120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781642502084 1642502081 B085LDFZ7J Amazon B096HK7D3G Amazon B085LDFZ7J Amazon e600823b-9418-41d3-8588-66fec89aaaef OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5233503 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McBrayer, Mary Kay. America's First Female Serial Killer [Bridges eBook] : Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster. Mango Media, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5743kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>The Making of a Female Serial Killer</b><br /> <p>"In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complex―and terrifying―portrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth." ―<b>Kate Winkler Dawson</b>, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI<br /></p> <p><b>#1 Best Seller in History of Ireland, Child Psychology, and Crime &amp; Criminals<br /></b></p> <p><b>For readers who are fascinated by how serial killers are made.</b> 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.<br /></p> <p><b>America's first female serial killer was not always a killer.</b> America's First Female Serial Killer novelizes the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Although 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.<br /></p> <p><b>Making of a serial killer.</b> 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 how to hate herself. Jilted at the altar, Jane became a nurse and took control of her life, and the lives of her victims.<br /></p> <p><b>Readers of America's First Female Serial Killer</b>:<br /></p> <li>Will gain insight into the personal development of a severely damaged person without rationalizing her crimes</li> <li>Experience the rarely told story of a female serial killer</li> <li>Understand that even monsters were humans, first</li> <p><b>If you enjoyed books such as In We Keep the Dead Close, Mindhunter, or In Cold Blood; you will love reading America's First Female Serial Killer.</b></p>. Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-14 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e600823b-9418-41d3-8588-66fec89aaaef&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e600823b-9418-41d3-8588-66fec89aaaef&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e600823b-9418-41d3-8588-66fec89aaaef&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)