Blue Asylum
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009SRPZ2E
Publish date: April 10th 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
War,
19th Century,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Military History,
Civil War
I could never quite get into this book. Although the premise of the story sounded interesting, the writing simply fell flat for me. There would be moments at which it would seem to pick up and then simply fall flat again. Furthermore, I could never quite attach to any of the characters in the story ...
Iris Dunleavy, naive and desperate to live a more exciting life, marries a plantation owner and moves to the South. When she discovers her husband's true feelings about slavery and witnesses his sadism, she attempts to escape but is captured. After having a judge convict her of madness, her husband ...
I'm not much for historicals, unless they have asylums - and this one does. Author Kathy Hepinstall is another tick in Blue Asylum's favour.Convicted of madness or hysteria, plantation owner's wife Iris Dunleavy is sent to Sanibel Asylum, on an island off the coast of mainland USA. Her presence quic...
What a sweetly sad novel. The mentally broken, along with one headstrong protagonist, play on an island stage in this book. Sorrow bound up and set against the backdrop of the Civil War, slavery, oppression, and loneliness make for a compelling read. The writing is beautiful.
Blue Asylum a novel by Katy Hempinstall.The premise of this book is what drew me to it and when I received my hard back copy in the post I was stunned by this beautiful book which the cover and artwork really caught my imagination and this is the reason I still love to read a physical book.The story...
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