Dianne (gardngal) reviewed on 8/14/2019 + 271 more book reviews

This book is not for everyone. It is deeply sad on so many levels. It's a tale of unfortunate people incarcerated in a massive mental institution. They were treated shamefully due to the ignorance of the times, but also kept on at the convenience of the institution itself, which had need for their labor. Many were kept inside decades after they no longer manifested mental deficiencies. Out of thousands upon thousands of patients, more than 400 suitcases were discovered in the attic space. Of those, twenty-nine were examined and the owners researched in depth, and their detailed pasts revealed. It is a fascinating history if you can stomach the dark side of these peoples' lives, the how and why they ended up spending their entire adulthoods in this place, to be released only by their deaths. D.

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