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American mother : the true story of a troubled family, motherhood, and the cyanide murders that shook the world / Gregg Olsen.
'American Mother' is the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her disturbing family secrets, and how she became a cold-hearted killer. From the author of 'If You Tell'.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538724859 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 486 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Previously published as Bitter almonds"--Cover. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nickell, Bruce, 1934-1986. Nickell, Stella Maudine. Murderers > Washington (State) > Seattle. Victims of crimes > Washington (State) > King County. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 364.15230979777 Ols | 31681010300077 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Discusses a complex mother-daughter relationship based in mistrust and deception that ended in the cyanide poisoning of three people in the new true crime story from the New York Times best-selling author of If You Tell. Original. 25,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
An account of the crimes of Stella Nickell and her look-alike daughter describes how Nickell--with the possible help of her daughter--killed her husband in order to collect on an insurance policy. - Grand Central Pub
Read the Wall Street Journal bestseller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell--an absolutely unputdownable and chilling true-crime story of Stella Nickellâa mother and wife who did the unthinkable⦠and the unforgiveable.
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At 5.02 pm on June 5, 1986, an emergency call came into the local sheriffâs office in the small town of Auburn, Washington State. A distressed housewife, Stella Nickell, said her husband Bruce was having a seizure. Officers rushed to the Nickellâs mobile home, to find Stella standing frozen at the door⦠Bruce was on the floor fighting for his life. Â
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As Stella became the beneficiary of over $175,000 in a life insurance pay-out, forensics discovered that Bruce had consumed painkillers laced with cyanide.
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A week later, fifteen-year-old Hayley was getting ready for another school day. Her mom, Sue, called out âI love youâ before heading into the bathroom and moments later collapsed on the floor. Sue never regained consciousness, and the autopsy revealed she had been poisoned by cyanide tainted headache pills. Just like Bruce.
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While a daughter grieved the sudden and devastating loss of her mother, a young woman, Cindy, was thinking about her own mom Stella. She thought about the years of neglect and abuse, the tangled web of secrets Stella had shared with her, and Cindy contemplated turning her mom into the FBIâ¦
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Gripping and heart-breaking, Gregg Olsen uncovers the shocking true story of a troubled family. He delves into a complex mother-daughter relationship rooted in mistrust and deception, and the journey of the sweet curly-haired little girl from Oregon whose fierce ambition to live the American Dream led her to make the ultimate betrayal. Â Â Â
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Originally published as Bitter Almonds. Revised and updated edition.
