{"product_id":"a-feigned-madness-paperback","title":"A Feigned Madness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTonya Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eNellie Bly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cochrane has a secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe isn't the madwoman with amnesia the doctors and inmates at Blackwell's Asylum think she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn truth, she's working undercover for the \u003cem\u003eNew York World\u003c\/em\u003e. When the managing editor refuses to hire her because she's a woman, Elizabeth strikes a deal: in exchange for a job, she'll impersonate a lunatic to expose a local asylum's abuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she arrives at the asylum, Elizabeth realizes she must make a decision-is she there merely to bear witness, or to intervene on behalf of the abused inmates? Can she interfere without blowing her cover? As the superintendent of the asylum grows increasingly suspicious, Elizabeth knows her scheme-and her dream of becoming a journalist in New York-is in jeopardy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Feigned Madness\u003c\/em\u003e is a meticulously researched, fictionalized account of the woman who would come to be known as daredevil reporter Nellie Bly. At a time of cutthroat journalism, when newspapers battled for readers at any cost, Bly emerged as one of the first to break through the gender barrier-a woman who would, through her daring exploits, forge a trail for women fighting for their place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTonya Mitchell lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and three sons. Her short fiction has appeared in various journals and anthologies. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eA Feigned Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of Nellie Bly's undercover stay inside a women's asylum to report the atrocities within, won the Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Award and the Kops-Fetherling Phoenix Award for Best New Voice in Historical Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264723398905,"sku":"9781947976207","price":27.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mBSMyN4kl09781947976207.webp?v=1775739095","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-feigned-madness-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}