{"product_id":"women-are-not-fine-the","title":"Women are not Fine, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe dark history of a poisonous sisterhood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe women of Nagyrev are desperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey're abused by their husbands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are feeding their newborns to livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the 20th century, in the village of Nagyrev, Hungary, midwife Zsuzsanna Fazekas was more than a caretaker - she was a confidante. She helped poor women give birth; she assisted them with abortions; and she listened. Their stories were the same: husbands who drank, who beat them, who made their lives unbearable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn response, Auntie Zsuzsi asked one question: \"Why bother with them?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer solution was arsenic. Soon, women began slipping this concoction, made by dissolving flypaper in water, into their husbands' porridge, stews, and brandy. And over the next twenty years, the quiet village became the epicenter of one of the deadliest poisoning epidemics of the 20th century - according to some estimates, up to 300 people in the region were murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy did they do it? How did these murders spin out of control? How did these women get away with their crimes for two decades?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Women Are Not Fine, journalist Hope Reese pieces together archival newspapers, court documents, police records, and the vital work of historians, sociologists, and psychologists, diving deep into the truth behind this extraordinary event. Her findings serve as a stark warning: when women in a community are pushed to the brink, the consequences reverberate through history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43948568281122,"sku":"9781840918410","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Untitled-design---2025-07-05T101123-715.jpg?v=1751934411","url":"https:\/\/petronella.live\/products\/women-are-not-fine-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}