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Review: Woman 99, by Greer Macallister

August 7, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Woman 99 by Greer Macallister
Woman 99, by Greer Macallister (Sourcebooks Landmark 2019)

This book was SO GOOD! Woman 99 is a brilliant, gripping story from an incredibly talented writer.

19th century San Francisco. Charlotte’s sister, Phoebe is committed to a local asylum when she tries to interfere in her mother’s matrimonial scheming.

Charlotte hatches an heroic but extremely naive plan to get herself committed under a false name so she can find, and free, her sister.

This is a fascinating and horrific insight into 19th-century asylums for women. Many women were suffering from mental illness, but many simply didn’t fit society’s view of what a woman should be – compliant and calm.

It’s also a brilliantly written story from Greer Macallister, one of my favourite writers. Highly recommend.

I found this one on my library app, I’m loving the Libby app during lockdown when I can’t go to the actual library.

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