{"product_id":"delusional-madness-emma-nowlin-9798280147171","title":"Delusional Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the doors of the asylum close behind her, escape is no longer the greatest danger.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet in the shadowed halls of a Victorian asylum, Delusional Madness is a dark gothic historical novel exploring power, confinement, and the fragile line between sanity and madness. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOhio, 1890s. Behind the barred windows of a crumbling asylum, women vanish into silence and shadows-committed not for madness, but for defiance, grief, or the simple misfortune of being inconvenient.\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cb\u003eCassie Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is wrongly confined by her husband, she enters a world where the walls themselves seem to breathe despair. Patients are stripped of dignity and locked away, their suffering dismissed as delusion. Beneath the iron rule of \u003cb\u003eMatron Harrow\u003c\/b\u003e and the predatory gaze of \u003cb\u003eDr. Winifred\u003c\/b\u003e, cruelty masquerades as care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Cassie refuses to surrender. Bearing witness to atrocities and whispered secrets in the night, she clings to resilience and vows to expose the institution's darkest truths. To survive, she must navigate a labyrinth of fear, injustice, and fragile alliances-before the asylum consumes her voice forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelusional Madness\u003c\/b\u003e is a haunting work of \u003ci\u003ehistorical fiction about mental health stigma\u003c\/i\u003e, survival, and the silenced women of the 19th century. For readers drawn to \u003ci\u003edark psychological historical fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Gothic suspense, and stories of resilience in the face of overwhelming injustice, this novel opens the doors of the forgotten asylum-and dares you to step inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eSetting: 19th-century Ohio asylum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThemes: stigma, power and injustice, survival, resilience, isolation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ePerfect for fans of gritty, character-driven historical fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore Victorian asylum horrors through Cassie's wrongful commitment, revealing the brutal realities of institutional life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis tale of insane asylum abuse highlights the fight for dignity amid historical women's oppression in the late 1800s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitness a mother's desperate separation from her children in this gripping Victorian era madness narrative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eExplore Victorian asylum horrors through Cassie's wrongful commitment, revealing the brutal realities of institutional life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis tale of insane asylum abuse highlights the fight for dignity amid historical women's oppression in the late 1800s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitness a mother's desperate separation from her children in this gripping Victorian era madness narrative.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Nowlin,Kimberly K. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280147171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Emma Nowlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454190629119,"sku":"9798280147171","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90ff0c61-0254-4fed-a31a-5eb039c4fa45.jpg?v=1777304713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/delusional-madness-emma-nowlin-9798280147171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}