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Genre/Form: | Biographical fiction Historical fiction Fiction History |
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Named Person: | Grace Marks; Grace Marks; Grace Marks |
Material Type: | Biography, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Margaret Atwood |
ISBN: | 9780385490443 0385490445 9780525562672 0525562672 |
OCLC Number: | 37899351 |
Awards: | Giller Prize, 1996 |
Description: | 468 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Contents: | 1. Jagged edge -- 2. Rocky road -- 3. Puss in the corner -- 4. Young man's fancy -- 5. Broken dishes -- 6. Secret drawer -- 7. Snake fence -- 8. Fox and geese -- 9. Hearts and gizzards -- 10. Lady of the lake -- 11. Falling timbers -- 12. Solomon's temple -- 13. Pandora's box -- 14. The letter x -- 15. The tree of paradise. |
Responsibility: | Margaret Atwood. |
Abstract:
It is 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?
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