{"product_id":"the-mad-womens-ball-9781419757600","title":"The Mad Women's Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best historical novel of the year, adapted as a major film for Amazon Prime, this feminist literary thriller is set in Paris's infamous Salpêtrière asylum--now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. But 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. For 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Genevieve 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. But everything begins to change when she meets Eugénie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. Because Eugénie has a secret: she sees spirits. Inspired by the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEugénie 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's help . . . \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419757600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Victoria Mas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289526538421,"sku":"9781419757600","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1047f612-4f06-44bb-aacb-5672b598a5a1.jpg?v=1658200978","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mad-womens-ball-9781419757600","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}