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I had some tears over this beautiful book. It chronicles two women, both of whom suffer heartbreaking trauma and loss, and eventually find healing and hope. I won't say too much because I don't want to give anything away, but this book is so powerful, riveting, and realistic, I almost felt like I came to know the characters in it. It The book also highlights the failures of the foster care system as well as the asylums of only a few generations ago, where patients were inflicted with cruel, humiliating, harmful treatment in the name of help. While I learned in freshman year psychology class about some of the "treatments" they used back then, like the Utica crib that's mentioned here, we never taught about the barbaric treatment these poor souls suffered needlessly. Reading about it gets very hard at times, but the book is still a page-turner, and it toggles between Clara's and Izzy's lives enough to give you a break from the asylum horror. I can't recommend it enough. Read more
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