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Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta by Denise White Parkinson

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lydaalexander's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

4.0

courtraemck's review

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3.0

I absolutely loved the story and how wild and surprising it was; I’ve given a lower rating for the writing. But still really enjoyed it.

Daughter of the White River by Denise White Patterson is like a roller-coaster, in all the best ways. From soft, tranquil moments of southern charm, to wild, heart-racing murder and prison escapes, this story has everything a true crime fan could want.

Patterson offers us a story of crime and poverty that begs us to question what we view as justice.

S.J. Tucker’s reading performance is beautiful and soothing. I hope I can experience many more audiobooks read by her.

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1.0

This book contained a lot of irrelevant information, and didn't really focus on Helen Spence. The first half of the book mostly gives the information of L.C. Brown, whom the author met and learned the information from. Half the time information was just suddenly given about Helen after the author was writing of something else, no cohesive transition into the information, and honestly wrote information about Helen as no more than a passing comment. The book says it's meant to tell the story of Helen Spence, yet this author wrote the bare minimum about her, and I learned no more about her than what was written in summary on the back of the book. Do not recommend.