Barbara Taylor

Praise for The Last Asylum

Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history

Sarah Waters

Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good

Susie Orbach, Independent

A wise, considered and timely book

Hilary Mantel

Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history

Sarah Waters

Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good

Susie Orbach, Independent

A wise, considered and timely book

Hilary Mantel

Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history

Sarah Waters

Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good

Susie Orbach, Independent

A wise, considered and timely book

Hilary Mantel

Books by Barbara Taylor