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This book recounts the tragic life of Marlene Moore, the only woman ever
to be tried under the dangerous-offender provisions of the Canadian
Criminal Code and subsequently labelled by the press as “Canada’s
most dangerous woman.” Moore entered reform school at 13 and, except
for a few brief periods, spent the rest of her life behind bars.

She
hanged herself at 31, in the federal penitentiary for women in Kingston,
Ontario.

Reporters Kershaw and Lasovich published a shorter version of this
story in the Kingston Whig-Standard, and the book retains the simplicity
and directness of a newspaper account.

Moore seems to have had a
remarkable capacity to draw people to her, including such prominent
women as June Callwood, Maude Barlow, and filmmakers Janice Cole and
Holly Dale.

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In many ways, this book recreates that ability; it draws one
in, and makes one her advocate. At times, it appears uncannily to speak
with Moore’s own voice. For example, the ha