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1860: Elizabeth Packard is facing a battle. Her husband of twenty-one years feels increasingly threatened—by Elizabeth’s intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So, one summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum.
The conditions inside the hospital are horrific, but most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women who tell the same story: they’ve been committed to keep them in line.
But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose…