![]() ![]() (And I’d say it’s not always all that different today, in some ways.) That was enough to be put away, back then. She doesn’t want to get married and have babies. There is much unpleasantness as Louisa’s life goes from bad to really very bad, with most of the staff more jailers than nurses, and many of the other patients either insane or also put there by family who for some reason wanted to rid themselves of someone inconvenient.įor that is what Louisa is. Interspersed with what happens to her at Wildthorn Hall, we learn what’s been going on in her life up till now, and the reader begins to guess. She doesn’t at first know by whom or why, and she believes the ‘mistake’ will soon be rectified. ![]() Thus begins her nightmare, and Louisa discovers she’s been put in an asylum. Instead she finds herself at Wildthorn Hall, where they address her as Lucy Childs. 17-year-old Louisa Cosgrove is travelling to stay with the Woodvilles to be a companion to a young lady. Wildthorn was Jane Eagland’s first novel, and what an absolutely marvellous story it is! I’m so glad I read it, after being aware of Jane’s writing for several years. ![]()
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