The Girl Puzzle

A Story of Nellie Bly

De: Kate Braithwaite

Narrado por: Suzie Althens

Her published story is well known. But did she tell the whole truth about her 10 days in the madhouse?

Down to her last dime and offered the chance of a job of a lifetime at the New York World, 23-year-old Elizabeth Cochrane agrees to get herself admitted to Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum and report on conditions from the inside. But what happened to her poor friend, Tilly Mayard? Was there more to her high praise of Dr. Frank Ingram than everyone knew?

Thirty years later, Elizabeth, known as Nellie Bly, is no longer a celebrated trailblazer and the toast of Newspaper Row. Instead, she lives in a suite in the Hotel McAlpin, writes a column for the New York Journal and runs an informal adoption agency for the city's orphans.

Beatrice Alexander is her secretary, fascinated by Miss Bly and her causes and crusades. Asked to type up a manuscript revisiting her employer's experiences in the asylum in 1887, Beatrice believes she's been given the key to understanding one of the most innovative and daring figures of the age.

©2019 Kate Braithwaite (P)2019 Tantor

Mental issues

This book held my attention through the entire narrative. Clear focused and heartbreaking till the end. I’m part of a book club and this was our book for March. Neily Bly was a woman born to change the world around and beyond.