Imagine if you could be locked away in an institution simply for being a woman who refuses to conform to her family's wishes. A friend loaned me this novel by Maggie O'Farrell and it was wonderfully gothic and moving. Iris, the main character, gets a call to pick up her great aunt from a mental hospital that's closing but Iris has never been aware of this aunt's existence. It seems Iris's grandmother has kept the secret of her sister quiet her whole life. It's an intriguing, fast read and O'Farrell's prose is spare and cuts to the bone.
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