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10 wrz 2024 · Caroline Woods's The Mesmerist is a fictionalized true crime novel with characters taken from or invented for a turn of the century murder possibly the work of a serial killer. Most of the characters are connected to the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers.
Rich with tension, suspicion, and sharply observed characters, Caroline Woods reimagines a classic American genre through the eyes of three bold, unforgettable women. A tightly plotted page-turner ripped from the headlines of history, as three very different women must work together to stop a killer and save the truest home they’ve ever known.
10 wrz 2024 · Caroline Woods’ The Mesmerist tells the story of three women within the walls of the Bethany Home in 1894: the real-life Bethany Home treasurer Abby Mendenhall (neé Swift), the naive and lovestruck resident May, and the mysterious and mesmerizing new inmate Faith.
10 wrz 2024 · Rich with tension, suspicion, and sharply observed characters, Caroline Woods reimagines a classic American genre through the eyes of three bold, unforgettable women. A tightly plotted page-turner ripped from the headlines of history, as three very different women must work together to stop a killer and save the truest home they've ever known.
4 lip 2024 · Move over, Earl of Oxford and Francis Bacon: There’s another contender for the true author of plays attributed to the bard of Stratford—Emilia Bassano, a clever, outspoken, educated woman who takes center stage in Picoult’s spirited novel.
The Mesmerist. Written by Caroline Woods Review by Thomas j. Howley. In 1894 Minneapolis, Bethany House, a home for unwed mothers, unexpectedly receives a new “inmate.” Like most of the girls there, hers is a sad case but, beyond that, something about her just seems odd.
10 wrz 2024 · Set in Minneapolis in 1894, the novel offers a Dickensian plot and cast of characters, prose rife with Victorian details and atmosphere, and even a ghost story, as it exposes the lack of autonomy many women dealt with during the era.
