Luanne was a good girl, followed all the rules, went to Catholic school, graduated with honors, and worked as a secretary at the local college. When she married Jeff Kilpi, her life was perfect... until it wasn’t.Luanne Kilpi, patient K567832, was admitted to the Traverse City State Hospital in 1968, and she had no idea how she got there. The “Beauty is Therapy” treatment, developed in the eighteen hundreds was now obsolete. And the magnificent Kirkbride building stood as a crumbling testament to failed hopes. Secrets and scandal, inhumanity, and crueltylingered inside the hospital while birds sang and the flowers bloomed in the gardens outside. Follow Luanne as she uncovers her fate.
Jennifer Sowle is a practicing clinical psychologist in Traverse City, Michigan. She has coauthored two non-fiction books and has written many professional articles.