ISBN-13: 9781419757600
A New York Times best historical novel of the year, Victoria Mass The Mad Womens Ball is a feminist literary thriller, adapted as a major film for Amazon Prime. In this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma, and sisterhood behind the walls of Pariss infamous Salptrire hospital.Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train The Salptrire Asylum Paris, 1885. Dr. Charcot holds all of Paris in thrall with his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad and cast out from society. But the truth is much more complicatedthese women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives, those who have lost something precious, wayward daughters, or girls born from adulterous relationships. For Parisian society, the highlight of the year is the Lenten ballthe Mad Womens Ballwhen the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salptrire dressed up in their finery for one night only. For the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope. Genevieve is a senior nurse. After the childhood death of her sister Blandine, she shunned religion and placed her faith in both the celebrated psychiatrist Dr. Charcot and science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugenie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. Because Eugenie has a secret she sees spirits. Inspired by the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about, The Book of Spirits, Eugenie is determined to escape from the asylumand the bonds of her genderand seek out those who will believe in her. And for that she will need Genevieve help . . .
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ISBN-13: 9781419757600
A New York Times best historical novel of the year, Victoria Mass The Mad Womens Ball is a feminist literary thriller, adapted as a major film for Amazon Prime. In this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma, and sisterhood behind the walls of Pariss infamous Salptrire hospital.Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train The Salptrire Asylum Paris, 1885. Dr. Charcot holds all of Paris in thrall with his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad and cast out from society. But the truth is much more complicatedthese women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives, those who have lost something precious, wayward daughters, or girls born from adulterous relationships. For Parisian society, the highlight of the year is the Lenten ballthe Mad Womens Ballwhen the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salptrire dressed up in their finery for one night only. For the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope. Genevieve is a senior nurse. After the childhood death of her sister Blandine, she shunned religion and placed her faith in both the celebrated psychiatrist Dr. Charcot and science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugenie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. Because Eugenie has a secret she sees spirits. Inspired by the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about, The Book of Spirits, Eugenie is determined to escape from the asylumand the bonds of her genderand seek out those who will believe in her. And for that she will need Genevieve help . . .
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