Friday, January 20, 2017

The Ballroom by Anna Hope

The BallroomThe Ballroom by Anna Hope
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the story of a workhouse/asylum in Yorkshire in the early 1900's. The main characters were Ella and John, two patients and Charles, the doctor in charge.

It was a love story, but also a history of the eugenics program that was proposed in England at the time.

The treatment of these poor unfortunates was very hard to read about but at the same time I feel it is important from a historical POV to be aware of what did happen at that time and what can happen again if we are not watchful.

A good read.

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