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Book Review of Disturbed Ground

Disturbed Ground
Disturbed Ground
Author: Carla Norton
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


An astonishing true crime story. From the back cover: Sweet, silver-haired Dorothea Puente was an angel on earth-a grandmotherly Good Samaritan who ran a Sacramento boardinghouse for the need, the aged, the alcoholic and infirm. Vivacious and caring, she gave her itme selflessly to charities and charmed everyone she met--including then-governor of California, Jerry Brown. But Dorothea's shole life was a lie--a brilliantly elaborate ruse designed to mask a cold heart, calculating mind, and a twisted, chameleonlike genius that enabled her to get away with murder over and over again.