Jeannette
de Beauvoir will
be at After-Words books on June 25th from 5:30 pm talking about and signing
copies of her book Asylum (St.
Martin’s, Hardback, $25.99).
Asylum delves back to the 1950s, when
orphanages in Montreal and elsewhere were converted to asylums in order to
gain more funding. The children were subjected to horrific experiments such as
lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and psychotropic medication, and many of
them died in the process. The survivors were supposedly compensated for their
trauma by the government and the cases seem to have been settled. Ms. De
Beauvoir will discuss the story and the research behind it.
Ms. De
Beauvoir’s work has been translated into 12 languages and has appeared in 15
countries. She explores personal and moral questions through historical
fiction, mysteries, and mainstream fiction. She grew up in Angers, France, but
now divides her time between Cape Cod and Montréal. Read more at www.jeannetteauthor.com
After-Words Books
is located at 23 East Illinois
Street in Chicago,
IL.
For more
information, please contact: Beverly Dvorkin, After-Words Books 312-464-1110
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