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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 342 reviews
Moods
dark 83%
sad 56%
challenging 36%
emotional 23%
reflective 16%
tense 10%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 6%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuseModerate
Child abuse, Addiction, AlcoholismMinor
Animal death, Animal cruelty
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 342 reviews
Moods
dark 83%
sad 56%
challenging 36%
emotional 23%
reflective 16%
tense 10%
Pace
slow 37%
fast 6%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuseModerate
Child abuse, Addiction, AlcoholismMinor
Animal death, Animal cruelty