Barbara Taylor
Praise for The Last Asylum
Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history
Sarah Waters
Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good
Susie Orbach, Independent
A wise, considered and timely book
Hilary Mantel
Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history
Sarah Waters
Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good
Susie Orbach, Independent
A wise, considered and timely book
Hilary Mantel
Eloquent, compassionate, and utterly absorbing . . . The Last Asylum is the best sort of memoir, transcending the purely personal to confront a larger social history
Sarah Waters
Beautiful . . . it is hard to write well enough about this book because it is so good
Susie Orbach, Independent
A wise, considered and timely book
Hilary Mantel