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Rachel Florence Roberts

    Rachel Florence Roberts est une auteure dont le roman d'initiation puise son inspiration dans des événements de la fin du XIXe siècle. Après avoir elle-même vécu une dépression post-partum, elle a plongé dans les profondeurs de la psyché humaine pour explorer des thèmes complexes liés à la maternité et aux émotions. Son style se caractérise par une perspicacité pénétrante et une capacité à capturer des expériences humaines brutes.

    The Medea Complex
    • The Medea Complex

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture
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      ***Based On A True Story***Anne wakes up in a strange bed, having been kidnapped from her home. Slowly, she realizes she is in a lunatic asylum. 1885. Anne Stanbury – Committed to a lunatic asylum, having been deemed insane and therefore unfit to stand trial for the crime of which she is indicted. But is all as it seems? Edgar Stanbury – the grieving husband and father who is torn between helping his confined wife recover her sanity, and seeking revenge on the woman who ruined his life. Dr George Savage – the well respected psychiatrist, and chief medical officer of Bethlem Royal Hospital. Ultimately, he holds Anne's future wholly in his hands. The Medea Complex tells the story of a misunderstood woman suffering from insanity in an era when mental illnesses' were all too often misdiagnosed and mistreated. A deep and riveting psychological thriller set within an historical context, packed full of twists and turns, The Medea Complex explores the nature of the human psyche: what possesses us, drives us, and how love, passion, and hope for the future can drive us to insanity.

      The Medea Complex