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98 Reasons for Being
98 Reasons for Being
Author: Clare Dudman
Novelist Clare Dudman, whose work has earned comparisons to Andrea Barrett and Peter Høeg, is that rare kind of author who manages to bring history dramatically to life. In 98 Reasons for Being, she conjures up the revolutionary nineteenth-century German physician Heinrich Hoffmann, best known today for his famous book of children's rh...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670034246
ISBN-10: 067003424X
Publication Date: 7/1/2005
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book was fascinating----mid 19th century German life in an insane asylum. I was unable to put it down. I think this would make an excellent book club book.
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Thought provoking on many levels Racism, sex and gender issues. Psychiatric history. Counter-transference.


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