Mandrake Root

by Martha Ostenso

When her famous brother was killed in a car crash on the run from the police, Elizabeth Stilwell tried to kill herself, for in every sense Harvey was her whole reason for living. Now, after six months in a psychiatric hospital, she returns home, barely able to sustain the will to live. Walking the tightrope between normality and insanity, Elizabeth's struggle forces her to come to terms not only with her brother's death, but with his life as it really was; and with herself, both as an individual and as an artist.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Martha Ostenso was a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. She is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese.

Reviews

[Lonesome · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was my first ostenso...I have tried many others for her.. but none had the same effect as this one..I liked the originality ...a man coming back to earth to find a woman as a symbol of it