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As spiritualism reaches its fevered pitch at the dawn of the 20th century, a Scottish girl crosses the veil to unlock a powerful connection within an infamous asylum in this thrillingly atmospheric, exquisitely evocative exploration of feminine rage and agency for readers of Sarah Penner, Alice Hoffman, and Hester Fox.
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I loved the complexity of this novel, which grapples with so many themes—poverty, family ties, women’s hardships in a male-dominated society, and the tension between falsehood and sincerity.
Nairna, a young Scottish girl, travels the countryside with her father, who is basically a conman. But Nairna has real talent, and when she comes to the attention of Edinburgh Spiritualists, she is drawn into a dangerous circle.
But the novel brings in another thread, that of a widow who lost her husband in the coal mines. I had empathy for both of these characters, who are united by their experience with…
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