{"product_id":"mad-mabel-by-sally-hepworth","title":"Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea―or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb, until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause Elsie hasn’t always been Elsie. Once upon a headline, she was Mad Mabel Waller―Australia’s youngest convicted murderer. But was she really mad, or just misunderstood? Either way, she’s kept her secret buried for decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter seven-year-old Persephone, a relentless little chatterbox who has just moved in across the road (armed with stickers, questions, and no sense of personal boundaries); Joan, who appears to have it in for Elsie; and a healthy dose of public interest―the cops are sniffing around, and the media is circling like seagulls at a picnic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo Mabel does what she’s always done best―she takes matters into her own hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs she a cantankerous old lady with a shady past? A cold-blooded killer with arthritis? Or just someone who’s finally ready to tell her side of the story?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curious Cabinets Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52568072290535,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9608\/8807\/files\/71PvkKXV_0L._SL1500_23d9fccc-07e7-4760-9fe7-526e416cf6cf.avif?v=1788538805","url":"https:\/\/curiouscabinetsbookshop.com\/products\/mad-mabel-by-sally-hepworth","provider":"Curious Cabinets Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}