Starvation Heights
by Gregg Olsen
Taste attributes: documentarycrimehistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, morally murky non-fiction book, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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2.3 / 5
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About This Book
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary "fasting treatment" of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters. But within a month of arriving at what the locals called Starvation Heights, the women were emaciated shadows of their former selves, waiting for death.
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- Author
- Gregg Olsen
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 424
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- Open Library
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