Nonfiction. Women's Studies. This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of society--women driven to kill. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris to Aileen Wuornos, this riveting investigation will change the ways you think about crime and punishment. A new introduction by the author illuminates the conditions for women who kill--and are killed--now. "This provocative book ... reminds us again that women are entitled to their rage"--Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, The New York Times Book Review.

Author Hometown: NEW YORK, NY USA



About the author: Ann Jones is the nomadic author of eight books of nonfiction, most recently Kabul in Winter, an account of her years as a humanitarian aid worker among the women of Afghanistan, and Looking for Lovedu, a travel classic about one woman's overland journey through Africa. Among her earlier books is a groundbreaking series on women and violence that includes the feminist classic WOMEN WHO KILL, the critically acclaimed Next Time, She'll Be Dead, which Gloria Steinem called "the one book you should read about domestic violence," and the helpful guide for women stuck in controlling relationships, written in collaboration with Susan Schechter, When Love Goes Wrong: What To Do When You Can't Do Anything Right. Her work as an international journalist and photographer, reporting from every continent and many remote corners of the world, has appeared in a wide range of publications, from the New York Times and the Guardian to Marie Claire Brazil and Vogue. Having spent the last eight years doing humanitarian work in conflict zones, she is now working on a book about the impact of the violence of war on women worldwide. She is a regular contributor to The Nation and the indispensible www.tomdispatch.com.

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