{"product_id":"yuletide-asylum-thomas-miller-9798278790785","title":"Yuletide Asylum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas is a season of open doors.\u003cbr\u003eSome of them only open one way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen successful and rational Thomas Everett Jr. receives an invitation to a holiday wellness outreach at a state psychiatric hospital, he has no reason to suspect anything is wrong. The season is bright. The town is decorated. The smiles are reassuring. The concern feels... thoughtful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut care can become control very quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Christmas approaches, Thomas finds himself caught inside a system that speaks the language of help while quietly stripping away autonomy, credibility, and identity. Every observation is documented. Every objection becomes evidence. Family concern turns into legal authority. And the festive decorations meant to comfort begin to feel like camouflage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the hospital, sound becomes a weapon. Bells mark time and compliance. Paperwork carries more weight than truth. The air itself seems to remember those who came before. The line between wellness and punishment blurs until resistance feels dangerous and silence feels safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYuletide Asylum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a slow-burn psychological horror novel about institutional gaslighting, family betrayal, and the quiet violence of being labeled. It explores how systems designed to \"help\" can erase the very people they claim to protect, and how memory, authorship, and identity become acts of rebellion when everything else is taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsettling, atmospheric, and deeply human, this story lingers long after the decorations come down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some places don't need locked doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey just need permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278790785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Thomas Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171230458111,"sku":"9798278790785","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yuletide-asylum-thomas-miller-9798278790785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}