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Sarah Miller recounts the events of the infamous Lizzie Borden murder trial. Borden was accused of murdering her husband and stepmother with an axe and is widely assumed to be guilty in popular culture: think of the rhyme: " Lizzie Borden took an axe / And gave her mother forty whacks. / When she saw what she had done. / She gave her father forty-one." Despite the popular view of Borden, Miller writes a book that feels balanced and portrays Lizzie Borden as a real person. Miller did extensive re
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