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Whelan, Gloria

The Locked Garden

170 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-079094-3 $15.99
(3) 4-6 Eleanor, a patient at the insane asylum where Verna and Carlie's father works, takes on household duties for the family. The girls grow to love Eleanor but must reconcile their feelings with what the world thinks of her. Whelan's author's note explains more about the movement during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries to provide humane care for the mentally ill.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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