Wildthorn

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Wildthorn
AuthorJane Eagland
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
September 1, 2010
Pages352
Awards Lambda Literary Award
ISBN 978-1-4169-3996-2

Wildthorn is a novel for young adults written by Jane Eagland and published by Houghton Mifflin in 2010. It is set in the Victorian era United Kingdom and tells the story Louisa Cosgrove as she spends her time locked in a mental asylum for women, where she falls in love for Eliza, one of the attendants.

Reception

The School Library Journal praised Eagland for her skill with filling the main character's backstory, as well as for her "job of depicting the 'real' Louisa in the end". The review concluded by noting "[t]eens will identify with her frustration at not being believed". [1] Kirkus Reviews said that "[d]espite a too-pat ending, Louisa and Eliza provide a window into a shameful history of mental health care and women's incarceration that only ended in living memory." [2]

A review published by Publishers Weekly calls the book an "unusual romance" and mentions the author's ability to convey "the atrocities and filth of the asylum with shocking vividness". The reviewer also commends the romance between the main character and the attendant, saying it was built "tenderly and expertly" by Eagland. [3]

Wildthorn received a Lambda Literary Award in the Children's/Young Adult category. [4]

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References

  1. Scalfaro, Wendy. "Wildthorn". School Library Journal. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  2. "WILDTHORN". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  3. "Children's Book Review: Wildthorn by Jane Eagland". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  4. Burns, Elizabeth (June 8, 2011). "Lambda Literary Awards - Wildthorn". A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy. Retrieved September 21, 2021.