![]() ![]() Set against the backdrop of the burgeoning women’s rights movement, The Lives of Diamond Bessie is a captivating tale of betrayal and redemption that explores whether seeking revenge is worth the price you might pay. ![]() Inspired by a true story and set amid the burgeoning women’s rights movement, The Lives of Diamond Bessie is a haunting tale of betrayal and redemption that explores whether seeking revenge is worth the price you might pay. But Bessie doesn’t let her story end there. But Bessie doesn’t let her story end there. She’s proven wrong when she suffers the ultimate betrayal at the hands of the man she thought would be her salvation. With her marriage, she believes her dream of returning to proper society has finally come true. Jody Hadlock tells the gripping story of Annie Moore aka Diamond Bessie who is wronged by a man who left her pregnant and then wronged again by a family who disowned her. ![]() But few rights or opportunities are available to a woman in the 1860s, and after failing to find a respectable job, Annie resorts to prostitution in order to survive.Īs a highly sought-after demi-mondaine, Annie-now Bessie-garners many expensive gifts from her admirers, and eventually meets and marries the son of a wealthy jeweler. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. ![]()
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