Allegedly
Mary B. Addison killed a baby.Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care of a church-going black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the...
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Mary B. Addison killed a baby.Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care of a church-going black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? She wouldn’t say.Mary survived six ye
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780062422644 (0062422642)
ASIN: 62422642
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
In some ways the pacing is (no pun intended) killer and in some ways it bunches up at the end - I was never sure how time was passing/how fast, and there were some other things that didn't sit right, but for the most part, once I opened this, I was hooked, and it's a very real-feeling thriller that ...
When I first heard about this book, I was intrigued. Allegedly is about a black girl named Mary who was convicted of killing a three-month-old white baby when she was only nine-years-old. The story follows her life of imprisonment to when she is sixteen-years-old and gets pregnant herself. Now she m...
What a terrific suspenseful and disturbing debut novel by Tiffany D Jackson.Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black ...
Initial reaction: Long review coming probably sometime tomorrow when I can meditate on my end thoughts on the novel, which are complex and conflicted. This...may not be a book for everyone to read.This book had me emotionally shaken and vexed on so many levels, that I don't even know where to begin....
Allegedly is dark and gritty and its so good. Its definitely not my comfort zone in reading genre's but I really loved it. It is one of those books that really make you think. Mary killed her baby sister when she was nine years old, allegedly. That's what the media and the detectives spun it out t...
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