SILENT: a Gripping Novel

SILENT is a gripping novel that details the dire consequences faced by Polly Dewart, a small town Ontario woman in the l950’s and l960’s whose need to conform to the expectations of her community lead to a marriage of exploitation and abuse.  Throughout the book, the protagonist strives to survive this terror.  She attempts to hide her shame and the hideous truth of her life from others.  Finally, she feels forced to make a life-shattering decision for which she pays with the rest of her life.  Now, sixty-four years old, she has been living at Blackburn Psychiatric Hospital for thirty years disconnected from everyone and everything she ever knew.  She does not speak yet she connects to other patients around her by surreptitiously observing them and learning their stories.  One day, a figure from her former life arrives at the hospital and has her connect to her past by providing the opportunity of giving voice to Polly’s own story.

Author: Elaine MacLachlan

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