The Silent Women

by Avril Joy

In 1875, Simone Gastrell is conveniently committed to Long Meadows Asylum by her adulterous husband. Distraught but not defeated, she meets the silent women whose lives within the institution are ordered and defined by men. Alice Semple, a herbalist and wise-woman, does not speak, but gives testimony in her notebook. Phoebe Baines, a fragile, damaged young woman, lives within the soundless universe of her interior monologue. In a powerless world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739177762
• ISBN13: 9781739177768
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Linen Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"