But everything begins to change when she meets Eugenie, the 19-year-old daughter of a bourgeois family that has locked her away in the asylum. After the childhood death of her sister Blandine, she shunned religion and placed her faith in both the celebrated psychiatrist Dr. For the women themselves, it is a rare moment of hope. For Parisian society, the highlight of the year is the Lenten ball-the Madwomen's Ball-when the great and good come to gawk at the patients of the Salpetriere dressed up in their finery for one night only. But the truth is much more complicated-these women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives, those who have lost something precious, wayward daughters, or girls born from adulterous relationships. Charcot holds all of Paris in thrall with his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad and cast out from society. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. Jane can't help but see an opportunity in Eddie-not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she's always yearned for. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates' most mysterious resident. But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients.
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Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates-a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A.
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