{"product_id":"americas-first-female-serial-killer-jane-toppan-and-the-making-of-a-monster-mind-of-a-serial-killer-true-crime-violence-in-society-criminology-9781642502077","title":"America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster (Mind of a Serial Killer, True Crime, Violence in Society, Criminology)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Making of a Female Serial Killer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complex―and terrifying―portrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth. ―\u003cb\u003eKate Winkler Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1 Best Seller in History of Ireland, Child Psychology, and Crime \u0026amp; Criminals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who are fascinated by how serial killers are made. 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 \u003cem\u003eDeadly Women\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMindhunter\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's first female serial killer was not always a killer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerica's First Female Serial Killer\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking of a serial killer.\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders of \u003cem\u003eAmerica's First Female Serial Killer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill gain insight into the personal development of a severely damaged person without rationalizing her crimes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperience the rarely told story of a female serial killer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand that even monsters were humans, first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoyed books such as \u003cem\u003eIn We Keep the Dead Close\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMindhunter\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e; you will love reading \u003cem\u003eAmerica's First Female Serial Killer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Kay McBrayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mango\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.51w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642502077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcBrayer, Mary Kay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Kay McBrayer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a co-founder and host of the podcast Everything Trying to Kill You. She is a Book Riot correspondent and professor of literature in Kennesaw State University. Her writing and prose are feature in the \u003cem\u003eSanta Fe Writers Project Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChicago Literati\u003c\/em\u003e. For more, you can visit her blogs, MaryKayMcBrayer.com and Book Riot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mango","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39827870580851,"sku":"9781642502077","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8ab938b4-5aa0-464e-a432-af46bfc4fc6e.jpg?v=1644579039","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/americas-first-female-serial-killer-jane-toppan-and-the-making-of-a-monster-mind-of-a-serial-killer-true-crime-violence-in-society-criminology-9781642502077","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}