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1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives forever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right
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The Key, Kathryn Hughes
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- The Key
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kathryn Hughes
- Publisher
- Headline
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 1472248848
- ISBN13
- 9781472248848
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Women, England, Secrets, English Literature, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Family secrets, Human Fates, Interweaving of Past and Present, Psychiatric Hospitals
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- The Key
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- 1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives forever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right