{"product_id":"the-women-are-not-fine","title":"The Women Are Not Fine - The Dark History of a Poisonous Sisterhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the 20th century, the women of Nagyrév, Hungary, were in trouble. Their stories were hauntingly similar: husbands who drank, who beat them, who made their lives unbearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe village midwife – their confidante – offered an answer: arsenic. Soon, women began slipping poison into their husbands’ brandy, porridge, and stews. Over the next twenty years, the quiet village became the epicentre of one of the deadliest series of poisonings in modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Women Are Not Fine, journalist Hope Reese pieces together archival newspapers, court documents, police records and more to uncover the truth behind this extraordinary case. Her findings serve as a stark warning: when women are pushed to the brink, the consequences can reverberate through history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErin Keane, author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me:\u003cbr\u003e'A meticulously researched and sensitively rendered portrait of a community of women'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeggy Orenstein, author of Girls \u0026amp; Sex:\u003cbr\u003e'Hope Reese has sleuthed out a riveting, remarkable true story that raises questions like the best dystopian fiction'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History:\u003cbr\u003e'An enthralling account of how a group of poor rural women got away with poisoning family members for nearly two decades - and what their story may reveal about gender and violence. A fascinating read.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen Lewis, author of Difficult Women:\u003cbr\u003e'A moving story of desperation, violence and survival.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Flock, New Yorker writer and author of The Furies:\u003cbr\u003e'A feat of investigative reporting, THE WOMEN ARE NOT FINE is a powerful sociological analysis and so illuminating of the issues of our time . . . This book proves that our past is present'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain:\u003cbr\u003e'Hugely well-researched - an intriguing (and thoughtful) antidote to stereotypes about gendered violence. Meet the Hungarian 'angel makers' and learn how a persecuted collective can fight back (with a little help from their fly papers).'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirginia Feito, author of Victorian Psycho and Mrs March:\u003cbr\u003e'Such a compelling account of a small but significant dark corner of history... Profound, angry, and tender all at once'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose Hackman, author of Emotional Labor:\u003cbr\u003e'A meticulous examination of a little-known case of collective female violence in early 20th-century Hungary. Through archival research and a modern lens, Hope Reese uncovers how war, poverty, and unspoken domestic abuse shaped the lives --and lethal choices-- of the women of Nagyrév. The result is a stark meditation on gender, survival, and our enduring cultural fascination with so-called 'black widow' narratives.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelegraph:\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZoe Venditozzi, co-author of HOW TO KILL A WITCH:\u003cbr\u003e'I'm constantly surprised that the murders described in The Women Are Not Fine don't happen more frequently. The book shows strong parallels with the way women were viewed during the Scottish witch trials. Fascinating and very compelling.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Radium Girls and The Woman They Could Not Silence:\u003cbr\u003e'The Women Are Not Fine is an insightful, empathetic and well-researched account of a deeply fascinating and macabre true story.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54355440501083,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/8951\/5850\/files\/zabriskie_hopereese_TheWomenAreNotFine-TheDarkHistoryofaPoisonousSisterhood.jpg?v=1792310676","url":"https:\/\/zabriskie.de\/en\/products\/the-women-are-not-fine","provider":"Zabriskie Buchladen für Kultur und Natur","version":"1.0","type":"link"}