The Mad Women's Ball
Victoria Mas
Soon to be a major film from Amazon Studios, the prizewinning French bestseller
The Salpetriere 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 Madwomen's Ball—when the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salpetriere dressed up in their finery for one night only. For the women...
"In this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma, and sisterhood behind the walls of Paris's infamous Salpêtrière hospital."
—Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train
The Salpetriere 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 Madwomen's Ball—when the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salpetriere dressed up in their finery for one night only. For the women...
年:
2021
出版商:
Abrams
語言:
english
ISBN 10:
1647004454
ISBN 13:
9781647004453
文件:
EPUB, 1.07 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2021
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