In addition to posting three dust jacket blurbs from the soon-to-be-published book Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River, the curator of the Fall River Historical Society has added yet another Lizzie Borden tantalizing tidbit to their web page. This one is a true mystery.
The clues are thus:
1. an important figure in the life of Lizzie Borden
2. Lizzie never forgot her kindnesses
3. Lizzie held her memory dear
Hmmmm. Who do you think it is?
Dr. Stefani Koorey: PearTree Press, Theatre prof, Author, Historian, Librarian. Florida born, New England transplant.
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