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When She Was Bad

How and Why Women Get Away with Murder

How and Why Women Get Away with Murder

How and Why Women Get Away with Murder

By Patricia Pearson

By Patricia Pearson

By Patricia Pearson

By Patricia Pearson

By Patricia Pearson
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By Patricia Pearson
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Paperback $15.50

Jan 05, 2021 | ISBN 9780735281097

Ebook $11.99

Mar 18, 2011 | ISBN 9780307363831

Audiobook Download $22.95

Feb 02, 2021 | 670 Minutes

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    About When She Was Bad

    Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Book

    From award-winning author and journalist Patricia Pearson, When She Was Bad questions our understanding of violent women.

    Why do some women murder their children? Why do others team up with men in ghoulish killing sprees? What motivates the female serial killer?
         When She Was Bad explores the enigmatic heart of female darkness, drawing into focus such fascinating characters as Dorothea Puente, who murdered several elderly tenants in her boarding house in Sacramento; Mary Beth Tinning, who killed eight of her children in upstate New York; Karla Homolka, who joined forces with Paul Bernardo to abduct, rape and murder school girls in southern Ontario; and Karla Faye Tucker, the born-again Christian who was executed in Texas for having killed two people with a pickax.
         In this provocative book, Patricia Pearson explores women’s innate capacity for aggression, an idea we remain deeply uncomfortable with.

    About When She Was Bad

    In this provocative book, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson argues that our culture is in denial of women’s innate capacity for aggression. We don’t believe that women batter their husbands or abuse the majority of children in North America. We ignore the 200 percent increase in crime by women in a period when most crime statistics are dropping. Pearson weaves the stories of women such as Karla Homolka and Mary Beth Tinning (who smothered eight of her children) with the results of criminologists and psychiatrists to expose the myth of female innocence.

    About When She Was Bad

    In this provocative book, award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson argues that our culture is in denial of women’s innate capacity for aggression. We don’t believe that women batter their husbands or abuse the majority of children in North America. We ignore the 200 percent increase in crime by women in a period when most crime statistics are dropping. Pearson weaves the stories of women such as Karla Homolka and Mary Beth Tinning (who smothered eight of her children) with the results of criminologists and psychiatrists to expose the myth of female innocence.

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    Also by Patricia Pearson

    A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine)
    Opening Heaven's Door
    See all books by Patricia Pearson

    About Patricia Pearson

    PATRICIA PEARSON is a critically acclaimed journalist and the author of several books of both fiction and nonfiction. Her book about what people experience when they die, Opening Heaven’s Door, was a finalist for the BC National Book Award. She… More about Patricia Pearson

    About Patricia Pearson

    PATRICIA PEARSON is a critically acclaimed journalist and the author of several books of both fiction and nonfiction. Her book about what people experience when they die, Opening Heaven’s Door, was a finalist for the BC National Book Award. She… More about Patricia Pearson

    About Patricia Pearson

    PATRICIA PEARSON is a critically acclaimed journalist and the author of several books of both fiction and nonfiction. Her book about what people experience when they die, Opening Heaven’s Door, was a finalist for the BC National Book Award. She… More about Patricia Pearson

    Product Details

    Category: True Crime | Psychology

    Paperback | $15.50
    Published by Vintage Canada
    Jan 05, 2021 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780735281097

    Category: True Crime | Psychology

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage Canada
    Mar 18, 2011 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307363831

    Category: True Crime | Psychology | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.95
    Published by Random House Canada
    Feb 02, 2021 | 670 Minutes | ISBN 9781039000254

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    Praise

    WINNER OF THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION

    A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOK

    “This important, necessary book highlights our urgent need to re-examine what we think we know about female aggression.” —The Globe and Mail (Notable Book of the Year)

    “Groundbreaking.” —The Vancouver Sun

    “A compelling, frightening look at women, not as victims of violence, but as perpetrators of it. . . . Gripping, controversial material that sheds light on violence and society, and how women can get away with murder.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “Remarkable. . . . It is also profoundly disturbing, as it is the first significant sustained challenge against mainstream notions about violent femmes.” —Quill & Quire

    Awards

    Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction WINNER 1998

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