· See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt review – inside the mind of Lizzie Borden One of America’s most notorious murder cases inspires this Author: Justine Jordan. In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love. Lizzie Borden took an ax. And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done. In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love. On the morning of August 4, , Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid: Someone’s killed Father. The brutal ax-murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaves little evidence /5().
In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love. On the morning of August 4, , Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid, "Someone's killed Father." The brutal ax murder of Andrew and Abby. Sarah Schmidt's See What I Have Done takes an interesting stance on the question of women's agency. It is about a woman who is, in many ways, terrible and strange, but it positions her within the context of a number of grown women who struggle to have experiences they can call their own, and for whom the family seems inescapable. By Sarah Schmidt. pp. Atlantic Monthly Press. $ The facts of the notorious case described by Sarah Schmidt in "See What I Have Done" are as follows. One sweltering day in August
Sarah Schmidt's novel See What I Have Done is a fictionalised exploration of the case, told from the points of view of Lizzie herself, her older sister Emma, Bridget the maid, and the additional character of Benjamin, a disturbed young drifter who hides on the premises the day the murders take place. SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE. by Sarah Schmidt ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, A fictional reimagining of real-life murders so infamous they earned its alleged perpetrator her own playground rhyme and ax-wielders everywhere a catchy chopping song, even if the killer’s guilt was never firmly established. On Aug. 4, , in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, were found butchered in their home, the weapon thought to be an ax, though police never found it. Sarah Schmidt is a Melbourne based writer who happens to work at a public library. See What I Have Done is her first novel. Sarah is currently watching: Nathan for You. A shit ton of YouTube for 'research purposes’.
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