Historical Fiction
A foster teen uncovers a 1920s asylum patient's journal, linking historical institutional horrors to her own family trauma.
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A foster teen uncovers a 1920s asylum patient's journal, linking historical institutional horrors to her own family trauma.
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Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Romantic subplot; sexual assault and harassment in asylum settings
Violence & gore
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Murder, institutional brutality, and graphic physical violence
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Substance use and addiction themes present
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Includes depiction of antigay bias
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central themes of gender discrimination and institutional control of women
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation and self-harm depicted on-page
Abuse & suffering
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Child abuse, sexual assault, institutional cruelty, and domestic violence
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