Wildthorn book5/24/2023 The surprisingly happy ending in which Louisa escapes and confronts her accusers is a welcome relief after all of her angst and despair. The book is a thinly-disguised autobiographical account Greenberg spent years at Maryland’s Chestnut Lodge, where she was helped in her recovery by the understanding and unconventional therapy provided by Freida Fromm-Reichman (Dr. and only one grimy, frayed towel between us." The author tenderly and expertly builds a romance between Louisa and an attendant, Eliza ("I close my eyes, breathing in her warmth, her familiar almond scent and my thoughts fly like birds"). but it's a damp, dark place with cockroaches scuttling. Eagland conveys the atrocities and filth of the asylum with shocking vividness: "e're allowed to go to the washroom. The book is a thinly-disguised autobiographical account Greenberg spent years at Maryland’s Chestnut Lodge, where she was helped in her recovery by the understanding and unconventional therapy provided by Freida Fromm-Reichman (Dr. The story picks up, though, when it becomes apparent that Louisa is in love with Grace, and both Louisa and readers begin to wonder exactly why she was committed and who committed her. The opening pages plod through 17-year-old Louisa Cosgrove's early days of incarceration and flashbacks that reveal little more than her fascination with both medicine and her lovely cousin, Grace. In this unusual romance, first published in the U.K., debut author Eagland takes readers inside an insane asylum for women in the 19th century.
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