I have interviewed many former sanatorium patients and almost all encountered some type of discrimination, ranging from housing to employment to exclusion from family gatherings. ‘It’s not like there was a stigma attached to TB.'” There was, of course, an enormous amount of stigma attached to it. ‘I wonder why she never talked about it,’ he mused. I don’t expect complete historical accuracy in a fantasy novel, but two portions caused me to put the book down and take a break, because the inaccuracy disrupted my immersion in the story. I was particularly interested in the setting, because I have been researching sanatoriums for several years. The overall plot held together well, but there were moments when behavior and dialogue didn’t seem to fit Eleanor, who is a 40-year-old woman seeking a job change because of burnout as a crime reporter. The author succeeded in sending a chill down my spine a couple of times, and I never came close to guessing the ending. I do not usually read ghost stories, but I chose this one because of its setting in a tuberculosis sanatorium. The End of Temperance Dare is the first book I have read by Wendy Webb.
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