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A White Room (Paperback)
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A White Room (Paperback)
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At the close of the Victorian Era, society still expected
middle-class women to be "the angels of the house," even as a
select few strived to become something more. In this time of
change, Emeline Evans dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when her
father dies unexpectedly, Emeline sacrifices her ambitions and
rescues her family from destitution by marrying John Dorr, a
reserved lawyer who can provide for her family. John moves Emeline
to the remote Missouri town of Labellum and into an unusual house
where her sorrow and uneasiness edge toward madness. Furniture
twists and turns before her eyes, people stare out at her from
empty rooms, and the house itself conspires against her. The doctor
diagnoses hysteria, but the treatment merely reinforces the house's
grip on her mind. Emeline only finds solace after pursuing an
opportunity to serve the poor as an unlicensed nurse. Yet in order
to bring comfort to the needy she must secretly defy her husband,
whose employer viciously hunts down and prosecutes unlicensed
practitioners. Although women are no longer burned at the stake in
1900, disobedience is a symptom of psychological defect, and
hysterical women must be controlled. A novel of madness and
secrets, A White Room presents a fantastical glimpse into the
forgotten cult of domesticity, where one's own home could become a
prison and a woman has to be willing to risk everything to be free.
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Imprint: |
Unhinged Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2013 |
First published: |
June 2013 |
Authors: |
Stephanie Carroll
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
408 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9888674-0-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-9888674-0-0 |
Barcode: |
9780988867406 |
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