by Susan Tarr, Michael Tarr, Anna Lund
Talk about an author with a fantastic voice! Susan hits the nail on the head with a topic that is very difficult to turn into a strong story. Malcolm, an inmate of a mental asylum, tells his story and how society has perceived him in relation to it. There is so much to this story that will haunt the...
Look forward to sitting down with this one!
You hear about the washing girl’s stories of mistreatment as they had their illegitimate babies in Ireland, but Malcolm’s plight, and his story, and the stories about the other inmates in New Zealand’s insane asylum were grippingly different. This is indeed a Phenomena that I have never heard of in ...
A haunting story of how a group of children were mistreated. Compelling story.
I would not have chosen this book but for the recommendation of a friend. I am glad I did. It is a wonderful book that brings into the open the hidden fears and stereotype around historic mental asylums. That most of the hidden fears are valid made this read the more interesting. It’s truth based on...
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