Šílená – Treger Louisa (2024)

It is the year 1887. Twenty-three-year-old Nellie Bly sets out for New York, determined to establish herself as a serious journalist at any cost. Life in the city, however, is harder than she imagined, and no newspapers are interested in a female reporter. In desperation, Nellie devises an irresistible offer for the leading paper The World: a true report from a women's insane asylum on Blackwell's Island, which she plans to enter by pretending to be insane. Only then can she find out how true the rumors about the inhumane conditions there are. The newspaper's owner, Joseph Pulitzer, is intrigued and promises Nellie that he will ensure she gets out after a short time. ***** However, when the doors of the asylum close behind the young undercover journalist, she finds herself in a place filled with horrors, where cruelty reigns beyond her imagination. Cold, isolated, and hungry days of fear and anxiety awaken traumatic events from her childhood. She entered the asylum voluntarily – but will she ever be able to get out? ***** Mad, an extraordinary portrait of a woman who was ahead of her time, is a story about the search for truth that changed the world. ***** HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES