{"product_id":"the-mad-womens-ball-gothic-french-asylum-novel-where-women-are-locked-up-for-inconvenient-emotions-and-desires","title":"The Mad Women's Ball: Gothic French asylum novel where women are locked up for inconvenient emotions and desires.","description":"A New York Times best historical novel of the year, Victoria Mas’s The Mad Women’s Ball is a feminist literary thriller, adapted as a major film for Amazon Prime.\n\n“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\n\nThe 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.\n\nBut 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.\n\nFor 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.\n\nGenevieve 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.\n\nBut 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.\n\nInspired by the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about, The Book of Spirits, Eugenie 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’ help . . .\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1419757601\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1419757601.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wynne, Frank|Mas, Victoria\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41547190239290,"sku":"DBV.1419757601.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1419757601-0.jpg?v=1784687511","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-mad-womens-ball-gothic-french-asylum-novel-where-women-are-locked-up-for-inconvenient-emotions-and-desires","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}