tiredenglishteacher 's review for:

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

5.0

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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Well researched, excellent delivery of oral history highlighting the history of the Crownsville hospital in Maryland. Detailed exploration of the intersections between race, health, poverty and gender. Great audiobook. A piece of history otherwise largely overlooked explored compassionately through the lens of folks who experienced various perspectives of the hospital (residents, employees and family and friends of residents and employees).