The Bad Seed: A Vintage Movie Classic - William March

I just found this on a blog post about the movie and it made me giggle:

 

"If your daughter plays the piano, tap dances, and loses a penmanship competition ... lock her away, now."

 

Especially since my thoughts went along these lines while reading the novel: What would I do if I would be the mother of a child like Rhoda?

 

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... I would lock her in the basement. Chilling child, indeed.