{"product_id":"allegedly-a-psychological-thriller-hardcover","title":"Allegedly: A Psychological Thriller - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTiffany D. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A tightly spun debut that wrestles with many intense ideas and ends with a knife twist that will send readers racing back to the beginning again.\" --ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/em\u003e meets Walter Dean Myers's \u003cem\u003eMonster\u003c\/em\u003e in this gritty, twisty, and haunting story about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home, from \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary B. Addison killed a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere wasn't a point to setting the record straight before, but now she's got Ted--and their unborn child--to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary's fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary B. Addison killed a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? She wouldn't say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary survived six years in baby jail before being dumped in a group home. The house isn't really \"home\"--no place where you fear for your life can be considered a home. Home is Ted, who she meets on assignment at a nursing home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere wasn't a point to setting the record straight before, but now she's got Ted--and their unborn child--to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary must find the voice to fight her past. And her fate lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gritty and haunting debut, Tiffany D. Jackson explores the gray areas in our understanding of justice, family, and truth, acknowledging the light and darkness alive in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e--Justine Larbalestier, author of Liar and My Sister Rosa\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary B. Addison killed a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it? She wouldn't say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary survived six years in baby jail before being dumped in a group home. The house isn't really \"home\"--no place where you fear for your life can be considered a home. Home is Ted, who she meets on assignment at a nursing home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere wasn't a point to setting the record straight before, but now she's got Ted--and their unborn child--to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary must find the voice to fight her past. And her fate lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gritty and haunting debut, Tiffany D. 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