I don't really read a lot of historical novels, but this one looked so interesting I just had to give it a try. I'm so glad that I did! Wildthorn was an extremely engaging read. I devoured it all in one day. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it! Can you imagine being put in a loony bin ...
Resource: NetGalleyJust thinking about how you could be thrown into an asylum for reading too much and wanting to be a doctor is horrifying! That completely describes me and nowadays in Holland we have more women training to be doctors than we do men. Anyway, I really liked the way the author descri...
Wildthorn presents a journey of a girl who dares to be different, dares to be an individual in a world where gender expectations are set, almost in stone. Louisa loves to learn, has a curious inquiring mind and an ambition that is at odds with her gender. In fact, she is considered unnatural because...
"Excessive study, especially in one of the fair sex, often leads to insanity..."The Dangers of Excessive Learning: (girls who studied too much would become) "dogmatic and presumptuous, self-willed and arrogant, eccentric in dress and disagreeable in manner."Can you imagine living in times when this ...
Louisa Cosgrove finds herself at Wildthorn Hall, a hospital -- an asylum for insane women. She thought she was supposed to be going to stay with a family as a companion to their daughter. When she arrives at Wildthorn Hall, she is addressed as Miss Childs and the more she insists that she is Louisa...
In this book Louisa is a strong, independent young woman who does not want to follow convention and become a "lady" as her station demands. Her father was quite indulgent and loved the fact that Louisa wanted to follow in his footsteps even though at that time women were not allowed to be doctors. A...
Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove thinks she's been sent to be a companion. Instead, she's in an asylum, but who's to blame for signing her in? And why does the staff insist her name is Lucy Childs?Usually I'm not one for historical fiction, but I'm easily swayed by promises of asylums and/or opium...
Louisa has always dreamed of being a doctor like her father. Unfortunately for her, she lives in a time when women are expected to be nothing more than well-dressed and well-mannered hostesses. Her pursuit of a higher education is deemed unfitting, and Louisa's outbursts cause those around her to br...
I was wandering through Waterstones one day looking for new books to read. See I’m a person who tends to buy a book by it’s cover. The cover is the first thing I noticed. What drew me in was the lovely woven Victorian corset, with intricate details and a pretty font with a creative book title.If a c...
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