Hannah Howard’s Reviews > The Trial of Lizzie Borden > Status Update

“Robinson lightened the mood, asking if [Hathaway] was a ‘family man… you don’t know anything about what we call benzene for cleaning purposes?’”

Dr. Wood was weird as hell

“‘What did they want this woman for?…’”
“Seventy-three years before the Supreme Court’s Miranda decision, Robinson argued ‘that she ought not to testify to anything that would [incriminate] herself.’”
“It is intriguing that Robinson failed to exploit [this] powerful rationale…”

if i didn’t know any better, i’d say this book was written by a man. up until this point i thought this book was published in the 90s but damn, does this author’s bias shine through (not in a good light at that). it’s taking a lot of filtering to tolerate the linguistic choices enough to finish the book

the “persons of interest” pages really come in handy, this is definitely an information-heavy book

“…the Bordens (with the exception of Abby) called her “Maggie,” the name of their previous domestic servant, rather than learning her name.”

side note: tf you mean by the phrase “ethnic ghettos” 🤨