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The Yellow Wallpaper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo
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A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behaviour in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless.

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Perfect for a listen all in one go.
Narrated brilliantly, I felt as If I was observing and wanted to intervene!!!!

Atmospheric and short.

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The best books are those that stay with you, that have so many underlying messages that after you read it, you are still thinking about them and finding answers only Google can answer. This book is a small story about a woman that is being kept in a room with a yellow wallpaper she hates. She suffers from post-partum depression and the wallpaper aggravates her mental state. It is set in Victorian times, where women were controlled by her husbands and if they behaved anything outside the norm, were considered hysterical and dismissed. The tragic ending and its symbolism, how it mirrors the lady in the wallpaper, makes for a great ending.

It stays with you and its underlying messages

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Had to listen to this twice before deciding on a review.
Husbands dismissive of wife’s symptoms and condition creating an unsafe mental space for her to focus on her wellbeing, seek appropriate support and improve.
This is my understanding of the plot.

Women’s health

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Interesting and easy to listen to. I just regret listening to it at night because I found it a bit unnerving.
A woman suffering from post-partum depression is made to isolate and rest by her well-intentioned doctor/husband. At first sight, she is repulsed by the yellow wallpaper in the bedroom and becomes obsessed with its every detail until she is consumed by delusional thoughts and visions. There are some parts of the story that i'm still trying to understand, but one thing I learned is to never use yellow wallpaper for the bedroom.

I'm still processing it

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A fascinating portrayal of a woman’s descent into psychosis. I liked the feminist narrative, and enjoyed the performance.

Fascinating and chilling

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