01975cam a2200325 i 4500 50521773 TxGeo 20090611120000.0 960429s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96021689 9780385490443 trade pbk. 0385490445 trade pbk. (OCoLC)610299847 TxGeo rda Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Alias Grace / Margaret Atwood. New York, NY : Anchor Books, 1996. 468 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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?". 20210121. Marks, Grace b. 1826 Fiction. Trials (Murder) Canada Fiction. Women murderers Canada Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. QS5