Stephanie Carpenter

Moral Treatment (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1889, seventeen-year-old Amy Underwood is committed

to a psychiatric hospital in northern Michigan. Feeling

abandoned by her loved ones, she finds solace in her

friendship with a spirited fellow patient, Letitia. Yet as Amy

becomes more comfortable at the hospital, she faces a

troubling reality: not everyone will leave this place.

The hospital's aging superintendent, the doctor, believes in

the principles of the moral treatment: that an orderly

environment, healthy diet, exercise, and uplifting activities

will restore mental health. But as the hospital's population

swells, the doctor's control slips-and those closest to him

clamor for change.

In this dual coming-of-age story, as Amy grows in

self-awareness, the doctor is forced to reexamine his

long-standing professional and personal practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CMICH Press Summit Series
• Seitenzahl: 355
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798991064613
• Artikelnr.: 74883103

Autorenporträt

A native of Traverse City, Michigan,Stephanie Carpenter grew up exploring thethen-vacant State Hospital that inspired MoralTreatment. She is the author of Missing Persons:Stories, which won the 2017 Press 53 Award inShort Fiction; her work has also appeared injournals including Copper Nickel, Ecotone, TheMissouri Review, Big Fiction, and Witness. She isan Assistant Professor of Creative Writing atMichigan Technological University.