Where Madness Lies

Where Madness Lies by Sylvia True

9781789044607

344 Pages

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing Ltd

Release Date: January 29, 2021

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Mental Illness, Holocaust, Eugenics

Inga and Rigmor are sisters in Germany 1934. Rigmor suffers from mental illness. Igna does research and tries to find ways to treat Rigmor’s condition. It is difficult being Jewish during this time especially if you are dealing with mental health issues. You are considered deficient, and the answer was sterilization. In present time, Sabine is a new mother suffering from panic attacks and depression. Inga is the connection between the past and the present.

The story has a steady pace although there was a lot of jumping back and forth. The characters are developed, and it was written in the third person point of view. This was a difficult subject matter for me. have dealt with mental health issues in my family and the thought of what Rigmor went through is appalling.  This was a hard but important read. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in historical fiction.