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02228aam a22003978i 4500 001 59E9E2DC9FB311E99423FE1297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190706010016 008 190207s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2019005177 020 $a 0143134051 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780143134053 (pbk.) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 100 1 $a Purcell, Laura, $e author. 245 14 $a The poison thread / $c Laura Purcell. 263 $a 1906 264 1 $a New York : $b Penguin Books, $c [2018] 300 $a 350 pages ; $c 19 cm 520 $a Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy, and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor, and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's charitable work brings her to Oakgate Prison, she is delighted by the chance to explore her fascination with phrenology and test her hypothesis that the shape of a person's skull can cast a light on their darkest crimes. But when she meets one of the prisoners, the teenaged seamstress Ruth, she is faced with another strange idea: that it is possible to kill with a needle and thread--because Ruth attributes her crimes to a supernatural power inherent in her stitches. The story Ruth has to tell of her deadly creations{u2014}of bitterness and betrayal, of death and dresses{u2014}will shake Dorothea's belief in rationality, and the power of redemption. Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer? For fans of Shirley Jackson, The Poison Thread is a spine-tingling, sinister read about the evil that lurks behind the facade of innocence. 650 0 $a Phrenology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dressmakers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Socialites $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women prisoners $v Fiction. 941 $a 10 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710044849.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014729.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629014131.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061359.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20200218011311.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20200130012047.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110080934.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20190912031042.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190808011129.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190718015240.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59E9E2DC9FB311E99423FE1297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search