Alias Grace
Readers rate it 3.9 (252 on Hardcover)
468 pages · Released Dec 1, 1996 · Nan A. Talese
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Alias Grace is a complex adult historical novel centered on a real 19th-century murder case, featuring graphic descriptions of violence, psychological manipulation, and sexual coercion. The narrative explores themes of unreliable memory, mental illness, and the vulnerability of women in institutional settings. This is sophisticated literary fiction intended for mature readers capable of engaging with morally ambiguous characters and disturbing historical realities, not a young adult book.
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In 'Alias, Grace, ' bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since 'The Handmaid's Tale.' She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her... In 'Alias, Grace, ' bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since 'The Handmaid's Tale.' She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?
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- Fiction
- Trials (Murder)
- Women murderers
- Murder
- History
- Romans
- Marks, Grace, née 1827
- Marks, Grace, b. 1827
- Mystery & Detective
- Historical
- Crime
- Biographical fiction
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ISBN 9780385475716 · Nan A. Talese