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Requiem for a Female Serial Killer by Phyllis Chesler is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This psychological crime thriller takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men-a case with which the author was intimately, involved. The issues raised by this high-profile criminal case remain unresolved to this day. Women, even prostitutes, have the right to self-defense in theory, but in practice, the story is more complicated. This book will challenge everything you ever thought about prostitutes, serial killers, and justice in America. Aileen Wuornos is a damaged soul, a genuine American outlaw, a symbol of women's rage, a symbol of what can happen to severely abused children, and of how our justice system fails women. Chesler's involvement with a serial killer has haunted her ever since. She speaks in Aileen Wuornos' voice, as well as in her own, and delivers an incisive, original, and dramatic portrait of a cognitively impaired, traumatized, and alcoholic woman who had endured so much pain in her short life. When she'd had enough, the results were deadly. This is a poignant, sometimes humorous, never-before-told behind-the-scenes tale. Wuornos' story is, handled with great sensitivity, but also, with realistic detachmen

Who reads Requiem for a Female Serial Killer?

Author

Phyllis Chesler

Publisher

New English Review Press dba Wrld Encounter Inst

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781943003440

Category

nonfiction