See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
A friend of mine talked about this book in last month's book group, and I gladly accepted his offer to read the book this month. It had been on my radar for a few months, and after Kirk's review of it, I couldn't wait to dig in--and this was the perfect introduction to my favorite holiday, Halloween. Lizzie Borden, as we know, is infamous for the murders of her father, Andrew Borden, and her step-mother, Abby Borden, on August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. They were both bludgeoned to death by an ax in their home: Abby upstairs in the guest bedroom; Andrew lying on the couch in a downstairs parlor. Lizzie was charged with their murders, brought to trial, and found not guilty. She lived the rest of her life in Fall River, a bit of a pariah, and died in 1927 of pneumonia. She never married. Lizzie Borden These are the basic facts. What Sarah Schmidt has done is to recreate the days leading up to the murders, and the few days ...