Book Review: The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
By Doreen Sheridan
September 16, 2021The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas is a critically acclaimed French novel of historical fiction, translated by Frank Wynne, that follows the mistreatment and dehumanization of women deemed “mad” and forced into imprisonment within a women’s asylum. The Belle Epoque was a riot of culture and prosperity for the French Republic, with innovations in…