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376 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen |
October, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-232086-5$17.99
(3)
YA
Impregnated by her senator father and temporarily discarded in an abusive "lunatic asylum," Grace poses as a mute victim of brain surgery and escapes to a kinder asylum with Dr. Thornhollow, who employs Grace's intelligence and sharp memory to help profile criminals. McGinnis astutely blurs the lines between sanity and insanity and captures the changing mental-health environment of late–nineteenth century America.