The research I did in writing Swimming in the Moon on treatment of mental illness in the early 20th C was scary enough. Here are reasons a person (especially a woman, foreigner or poor person) could get committed in the 19th C. Very scary.
The research I did in writing Swimming in the Moon on treatment of mental illness in the early 20th C was scary enough. Here are reasons a person (especially a woman, foreigner or poor person) could get committed in the 19th C. Very scary.
Pamela Schoenewaldt, historical novels of immigration and the search for self in new worlds: WHEN WE WERE STRANGERS, SWIMMING IN THE MOON, and UNDER THE SAME BLUE SKY (all HarperCollins).
Sunday, May 6, 2pm reading from latest work at Hexagon Brewing Company, Knoxville, TN.
Thursday, May 10, 6-8 pm presentation on research on the historical novel, Blount County Library, Maryville, TN.
When We Were Strangers, Italian translation, to be presented in Pescasseroli, Italy, August 2018.
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