Alias Grace is a fiction based off of the true story of Grace
Marks, Ontario's first murderess. As a young immigrant to the
country, Grace was forced to make her own life in Toronto, and
eventually found her way to Richmond Hill where she worked for
several months. It is here, that she allegedly had a hand in the
murder of her employer and his housekeeper.
The book starts out with an intriguing dream and it's in a similar
manner that Atwood weaves this tale. She takes you through Grace's
childhood (narrated by Grace to her psychologist) into her years as
a young woman working in many houses and mansions, past the murder
and the trial and into the rest of Grace's life. This is a book you
become invested in.