The Love of a Bad Man

A schoolgirl catches the eye of the future leader of Nazi Germany. An aspiring playwright writes to a convicted serial killer, seeking inspiration. A Mormon wife follows her husband into the wilderness. The Love of a Bad Man imagines the lives of these and other real women — Blanche, the sister-in-law to Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson’s California girls, and Marceline Jones (wife of Jim) — who were the lovers, mistresses, or wives of various “bad” men in history.

Beautifully observed, fascinating, and at times horrifying, the stories interrogate power and the nature of obsession.

A mesmerizing exploration of the lengths some women will go to for the men they love.