A beautifully woven story of mothers and daughters, secrets, mental health and the treatment of women in mental institutions in the past
Nina Pottell, Prima
A tangled tale of maternal inheritance, the ties that bind and the queasy way psychiatry in the mid twentieth century seemed so much about crushing women's independence. A must, not just for the countless fans of ...
PATRICK GALE, author of Notes from an Exhibition
With her usual empathy and understanding, Bethan Roberts brilliantly evokes a time – not so long ago – when mental illness carried real stigma and shame
LYNNE TRUSS, author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves
A beautifully woven story of mothers and daughters, secrets, mental health and the treatment of women in mental institutions in the past
Nina Pottell, Prima
A tangled tale of maternal inheritance, the ties that bind and the queasy way psychiatry in the mid twentieth century seemed so much about crushing women's independence. A must, not just for the countless fans of ...
PATRICK GALE, author of Notes from an Exhibition
With her usual empathy and understanding, Bethan Roberts brilliantly evokes a time – not so long ago – when mental illness carried real stigma and shame
LYNNE TRUSS, author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves
A beautifully woven story of mothers and daughters, secrets, mental health and the treatment of women in mental institutions in the past
Nina Pottell, Prima
A tangled tale of maternal inheritance, the ties that bind and the queasy way psychiatry in the mid twentieth century seemed so much about crushing women's independence. A must, not just for the countless fans of ...
PATRICK GALE, author of Notes from an Exhibition
With her usual empathy and understanding, Bethan Roberts brilliantly evokes a time – not so long ago – when mental illness carried real stigma and shame
