Wildthorn
by:
Jane Eagland (author)
Dark secrets and deep betrayals haunt this extraordinary debut set in a Victorian madhouse
Dark secrets and deep betrayals haunt this extraordinary debut set in a Victorian madhouse
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330458160 (0330458167)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Young Picador
Pages no: 359
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
Glbt,
Queer,
Lesbian
I was recommended this as a decent depiction of mental illness in fiction, however it is obvious from the summary it is not a hero with mental illness. Which was very disappointing to me because I got overly excited at the idea of seeing someone who was mentally ill AND gay as the hero, someone I co...
3.5 full review to come
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19th century 70ies, UK, England Loisa Gosgrove (17) is sent to mental asylum. Her symptoms includes Excessive book-reading and study leading to a weakness of the mind. Desiring to ape men by nursing an ambition to be a doctor. Self-assertiveness in the place of male authority. Admitted in the Wildt...
I don't know what it is with asylums that attracts me so much. Is it the horror of treatment? The mental illnesses? The big question of how they will get out? Will they be able to escape? Whatever it is, asylums make for great settings in a book. Wildthorn was no exception.Louisa is a little differe...
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