01 - Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum by Mary Huestis Pengilly

Mary Pengilly recounts her harrowing experience as an inmate in a Lunatic Asylum, a circumstance orchestrated by her own sons. Her diary, the very essence of this book, paints a vivid picture of the brutal conditions and inhumane treatment she endured under the supervision of the asylums nurses. After her release, Mary bravely takes matters into her own hands, determined to expose the shocking realities of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum to the world.