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Oh, so you want to know what Jack the Ripper thought about these women?
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT JACK THE RIPPER THOUGHT ABOUT THESE WOMEN!
This book doesn't CARE who J. the R. was. All this book cares about is the full lives of five women, lasting until their final nights.
Author Hallie Rubenhold did exhaustive research on these women and their families, and she documents as fully as possible the facets of their personalities and struggles. It's disquieting to realize that for most of these women—4 ...more
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT JACK THE RIPPER THOUGHT ABOUT THESE WOMEN!
This book doesn't CARE who J. the R. was. All this book cares about is the full lives of five women, lasting until their final nights.
Author Hallie Rubenhold did exhaustive research on these women and their families, and she documents as fully as possible the facets of their personalities and struggles. It's disquieting to realize that for most of these women—4 ...more
I loved the fresh yet grounding perspective this book brings dispel to the well-trodden mythology of Jack the Ripper. The man and his mystery are jettisoned here completely. In his place, the author brings forward his five female victims and provides a full life story for each, or at least as much as can be gleaned from historical records -- which, it turns out, is much more than I would have expected -- and how each woman found herself ultimately on the streets of Whitechapel to begin with. The
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Aug 25, 2022
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Jun 29, 2019
Meghan
marked it as to-read
Sep 16, 2019
Kathleen (itpdx)
marked it as wishlist
