284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616205768
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell’s Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would send its insane, indigent, sick,...
Community Reviews Summary of 261 reviews
Moods
dark 83%
sad 54%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
reflective 16%
tense 12%
Pace
slow 41%
fast 8%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuseModerate
Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization
284 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616205768
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell’s Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would send its insane, indigent, sick,...
Community Reviews Summary of 261 reviews
Moods
dark 83%
sad 54%
challenging 25%
emotional 25%
reflective 16%
tense 12%
Pace
slow 41%
fast 8%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuseModerate
Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization