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The Mad Women's Ball - The prize-winning, international bestseller and Sunday Times Top Fiction selection (Paperback)
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The Mad Women's Ball - The prize-winning, international bestseller and Sunday Times Top Fiction selection (Paperback)
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'A darkly sumptuous tale of wicked spectacle, wild injustice and
the insuppressible strength of women' EMMA STONEX, author of THE
LAMPLIGHTERS 'An essential story of women resisting the unjust
exertion of male power' SUNDAY TIMES ____________________ The
Salpetriere asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor
Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed
mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much
more complicated - for these women are often simply inconvenient,
unwanted wives or strong-willed daughters. Once a year a grand ball
is held at the hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's
Ball is the highlight of the social season; for the women
themselves, it is a rare moment of hope. Genevieve is a senior
nurse. After the childhood death of her sister, she has shunned
religion and placed her faith in Doctor Charcot and his new
science. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugenie,
the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family. Because Eugenie has
a secret, and she needs Genevieve's help. Their fates will collide
on the night of the Mad Women's Ball... ____________________ 'In
this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma
and sisterhood behind the walls of Paris' infamous Salpetriere
hospital' PAULA HAWKINS, author of A SLOW FIRE BURNING 'A
beautifully written debut...I have absolutely no doubt it will be
one of my favourite novels of 2021.' AJ PEARCE, author of DEAR MRS
BIRD 'Essential reading' COSMOPOLITAN 'A deftly woven tale of hope
and pain, judgement and redemption, cruelty and kindness. Utterly
captivating and profoundly affecting.' Sunday Times bestseller,
MIRANDA DICKENSON 'Enter the dance of this little masterpiece and
let yourself be dazzled. Assured of hitting the bestseller lists'
THE PARISIAN ____________________ AN AMAZON PRIME ORIGINAL FILM
STARRING MELANIE LAURENT
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Imprint: |
Penguin (Transworld)
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
Authors: |
Victoria Mas
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Translators: |
Frank Wynne
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Dimensions: |
198 x 127 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5291-7677-3 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
French
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-5291-7677-8 |
Barcode: |
9781529176773 |
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