Wildthorn - Hardcover

Eagland, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547370172 ISBN 13: 9780547370170

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Synopsis

They strip her naked, of everything—undo her whalebone corset, hook by hook. Locked away in Wildthorn Hall—a madhouse—they take her identity. She is now called Lucy Childs. She has no one; she has nothing. But, she is still seventeen—still Louisa Cosgrove, isn't she? Who has done this unthinkable deed? Louisa must free herself, in more ways than one, and muster up the courage to be her true self, all the while solving her own twisted mystery and falling into an unconventional love . . .

Originally published in the UK, this well-paced, provocative romance pushes on boundaries—both literal and figurative—and, do beware: it will bind you, too.

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Review

"Louisa and Eliza provide a window into a shameful history of mental health care and women's incarceration that only ended in living memory."--Kirkus Reviews

"The author tenderly and expertly builds a romance between Louisa and an attendant, Eliza . . . The surprisingly happy ending--in which Louisa escapes and confronts her accusers--is a welcome relief after all of her angst and despair."--Publishers Weekly

"Eagland does a beautiful job of depicting the "real" Louisa in the end, with an unusual twist on the conventional romantic denouement. Teens will identify with her."--School Library Journal

"Fans of historical fiction or GLBTQ fiction will likely enjoy this unique story of mystery and romance."--VOYA

Book Description

Dark secrets and deep betrayals haunt this extraordinary debut set in a Victorian madhouse

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547370172
• ISBN 13: 9780547370170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350