![]() ![]() … but Charlotte’s sister Phoebe, according to their mother, is “unmarriageable”, the family disgrace. Daughters were assets to be traded, like indigo, like hemp. That was what all my education had been leading to. Charlotte is proper and well-behaved and subservient to her mother’s wishes… Daughters are trained from childhood in etiquette and comportment so they can eventually serve their purpose - helping their families climb higher through an advantageous marriage. ![]() What a read! In Woman 99, we first meet Charlotte Smith as the pampered daughter of a social-climbing family living in 1880s San Francisco. The longer she stays, the more she realizes that many of the women of Goldengrove aren’t insane, merely inconvenient - and that her search for the truth threatens to dig up secrets that some very powerful people would do anything to kep.Ī historical thriller rich in detail, deception, and revelation, Woman 99 honors the fierce women of the past, born into a world that denied them power but underestimated their strength. She risks everything and follows her sister inside, surrendering her real identity as a privileged young lady of San Francisco society to become a nameless inmate, Woman 99. When Charlotte Smith’s wealthy parents commit her beloved sister Phoebe to the infamous Goldengrove Asylum, Charlotte knows there’s more to the story than madness. ![]()
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