The Resource The illness lesson, Clare Beams
The illness lesson, Clare Beams
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This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In Ashwell, Massachusetts, at the farm of Samuel Hood and his daughter, Caroline, a mysterious flock of red birds descends. Samuel, whose fame as a philosopher has waned in recent years, takes the birds' appearance as an omen that the time is ripe for his newest venture. He will start a school for young women, guiding their intellectual development as he has so carefully guided his daughter's. Despite Caroline's misgivings, Samuel's vision - revolutionary, as always; noble, as always; full of holes, as always - takes shape. It's not long before the students begin to manifest bizarre symptoms. Rashes, fits, headaches, verbal tics, night wanderings. In desperation, the school turns to the ministering of a sinister physician - based on a real historic treatment - just as Caroline's body, too, begins its betrayal. As the girls' conditions worsen, long-buried secrets emerge, and Caroline must confront the all-male, all-knowing authorities around her, the ones who insist the voices of the sufferers are unreliable. In order to save herself, Caroline may have to destroy everything she's ever known."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The illness lesson
- Title
- The illness lesson
- Statement of responsibility
- Clare Beams
- Subject
-
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Women
- Fathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Girls' schools
- Girls' schools -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- 1800-1899
- History
- New England
- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Historical fiction
- Diseases -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Ashwell, Massachusetts, at the farm of Samuel Hood and his daughter, Caroline, a mysterious flock of red birds descends. Samuel, whose fame as a philosopher has waned in recent years, takes the birds' appearance as an omen that the time is ripe for his newest venture. He will start a school for young women, guiding their intellectual development as he has so carefully guided his daughter's. Despite Caroline's misgivings, Samuel's vision - revolutionary, as always; noble, as always; full of holes, as always - takes shape. It's not long before the students begin to manifest bizarre symptoms. Rashes, fits, headaches, verbal tics, night wanderings. In desperation, the school turns to the ministering of a sinister physician - based on a real historic treatment - just as Caroline's body, too, begins its betrayal. As the girls' conditions worsen, long-buried secrets emerge, and Caroline must confront the all-male, all-knowing authorities around her, the ones who insist the voices of the sufferers are unreliable. In order to save herself, Caroline may have to destroy everything she's ever known."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beams, Clare
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3602.E2455
- LC item number
- I65 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fathers and daughters
- Girls' schools
- Diseases
- Secrecy
- New England
- FICTION / Women
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Literary
- Fathers and daughters
- Girls' schools
- New England
- Label
- The illness lesson, Clare Beams
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1091293260
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857526311
- Lccn
- 2019014152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091293260
- Label
- The illness lesson, Clare Beams
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1091293260
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857526311
- Lccn
- 2019014152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091293260
Subject
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Women
- Fathers and daughters
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Girls' schools
- Girls' schools -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- 1800-1899
- History
- New England
- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Historical fiction
- Diseases -- Fiction
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