The Mad Women's Ball: A Novel. Victoria Mas, Frank Wynne
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ISBN: 9781419757600 | 224 pages | 6 Mb
- The Mad Women's Ball: A Novel
- Victoria Mas, Frank Wynne
- Page: 224
- Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
- ISBN: 9781419757600
- Publisher: The Overlook Press
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Notes From Your Bookseller In this slim gothic set in 1885 Paris, "troublesome" women and girls are declared to be hysterics by their fathers, husbands and brothers and locked away in the Salpetriere asylum. But "troublesome" is a subjective label, and this seductive smart novel follows a patient and a nurse as their paths collide. This hypnotic novel has already been optioned for film, and it's a terrific recommendation for fans of The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue, The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton, and The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. A New York Times best historical novel of the year, adapted as a major film for Amazon Prime, this feminist literary thriller is set in Paris's infamous Salpêtrière asylum—now in paperback The Salpêtrière 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 complicated—these 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 ball—the Mad Women’s Ball—when the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salpêtrière 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 Eugénie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. Because Eugénie has a secret: she sees spirits. Inspired by the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about, The Book of Spirits, Eugénie is determined to escape from the asylum—and the bonds of her gender—and seek out those who will believe in her. And for that she will need Genevieve's help . . .
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Sep 6, 2021 — “In this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma, and sisterhood behind the walls of Paris's infamous Salpêtrière hospital
'The Mad Women's Ball' Review: A Shock Within the System
Sep 16, 2021 — Laurent has made an elegant if overheated melodrama that amplifies the villainy of Charcot and his colleagues (one proves particularly appalling)
The Mad Women's Ball: A Novel (Paperback)
Victoria Mas has delivered a powerful story about a group of women being brave in the face of adversity, and it's a tale that rings particularly true today.”
Caroline Wyatt reviews THE MAD WOMEN'S BALL by Victoria
Jul 23, 2021 — It has all the right elements: the Salpêtrière asylum of 1885 – a fascinating, and real, historical setting in an era of social change and
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