Constance Kopp stands up to biased morality laws of 1916, defending the independent young women in her prison against dubious charges when no one else will.
Against the backdrop of World War I, and drawn once again from the true story of the Kopp sisters, Miss Kopp\'s Midnight Confessions is a spirited, page-turning story that will delight fans of historical fiction and lighthearted detective fiction alike..
But it\'s her sister Fleurette who puts Constance\'s beliefs to the test and forces her to reckon with her own ideas of how a young woman should and shouldn\'t behave.
Constance uses her authority as deputy sheriff, and occasionally exceeds it, to investigate and defend these women when no one else will.
But such were the laws--and morals--of 1916.
And sixteen-year-old runaway Minnie Davis, with few prospects and fewer friends, shouldn\'t be publicly shamed and packed off to a state-run reformatory.
The strong-willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn\'t belong behind bars.
Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity.
Constance Kopp stands up to biased morality laws of 1916, defending the independent young women in her prison against dubious charges when no one else will
