Book Club Discussion Kit. Poems from the asylum
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Author
Contributors
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2024].
Format
Kit
Physical Desc
1 kit in a cloth bag ; (40 x 49 cm) + 1 folder
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2024].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Book in bag is published by J. Molony, 2021.
General Note
Title and statement of responsibility from book title page.
General Note
St. Peter Public Library. A cloth bag containing copies, and folder.
General Note
Includes index.
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
Description
"After noticing something strange from a secret medical procedure in 1927, St. Paul, Minnesota, Martha Nasch's doctor claimed she just had a 'case of nerves.' With a signature from her adulterous husband, Martha was committed against her will to the asylum. She spent nearly seven years in the Minnesota hospital during the Great Depression and tried to escape twice. Martha's poems from behind bars include shocking eyewitness accounts of patient treatment and a long-suffering adoration for her only child, now being raised alone by her deceiving spouse. When not a soul believed Martha's story, she sought an explanation for her mysterious condition that led her to a spiritual answer for the mystifying curse. Would her findings make her a metaphysical guru of the Breatharian lifestyle, or would she become the laughingstock of her Depression-era family? Editing and arrangement by Martha's great-granddaughter, Janelle Molony, with an introduction by Jodi Nasch Decker, granddaughter and family historian. More than fifty photographs and illustrations are included with the historical research that accompanies this beautiful collection of poems." --,From Amazon.com
Subjects
LC Subjects
American poetry.
Biographies.
False imprisonment -- Minnesota -- Biography.
False imprisonment -- Minnesota -- Biography.
False imprisonment -- Poetry.
Mentally ill women -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Mentally ill women -- Minnesota -- Poetry.
Minnesota -- Biography.
Nasch, Martha H.
Poetry.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- 20th century -- Sociological aspects.
St. Peter State Hospital -- Patients.
Women -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Women patients -- Poetry.
Biographies.
False imprisonment -- Minnesota -- Biography.
False imprisonment -- Minnesota -- Biography.
False imprisonment -- Poetry.
Mentally ill women -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Mentally ill women -- Minnesota -- Poetry.
Minnesota -- Biography.
Nasch, Martha H.
Poetry.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Minnesota -- 20th century -- Sociological aspects.
St. Peter State Hospital -- Patients.
Women -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Women patients -- Poetry.
Other Subjects
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nasch, M. H., Molony, J., & Nasch-Decker, J. (2024). Book Club Discussion Kit . [publisher not identified].
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nasch, Martha H., Janelle, Molony and Jodi, Nasch-Decker. 2024. Book Club Discussion Kit. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nasch, Martha H., Janelle, Molony and Jodi, Nasch-Decker. Book Club Discussion Kit [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nasch, Martha H.,, Janelle Molony, and Jodi Nasch-Decker. Book Club Discussion Kit [publisher not identified], 2024.
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