Podcast appearances and mentions of ellen marie wiseman

Recorded on April 5, 2023 Book Talk starts at 33:00 Come join us knitting or crocheting your projects with CABLES! That's right, cables.  Come on over to the Cables KAL Chatter Thread to check out the rules and chat about your plans.  Dates are now until 5/15/23.   Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs) - April 27-30, 2023 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California.  The retreat is now full, but we generally have spots that will open as we get close to the dates.  If you would like to be on the waiting list,  message Tracie at 2knitlitchicks@gmail.com for info and the registration form. Fiber Frolic - Saturday, May 27, 2023, 10 am – 4 pm at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, CA The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina KNITTING   Tracie has finished: Zephyr Mark II by Celia Cahill in Laneras Barefoot in Coral Vanilla socks in Emma's Yarn Super Silky in Hot Tamale Barb has finished: Barley Hat by Tin Can Knits using worsted weight bear yarn 3 Knockers        Tracie's Sweater Surgery: She added length to her Colorful Geometry pullover Transformed her Velvet Pullover from a round Yoke to raglan, then added length Tracie is working on: Donner by Elizabeth Doherty in Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in Spring Tiny Dancer top by Laura Dean in Shaggy Bear Farms SW Merino & Tussah Silk Fingering for Lexi Barb is working on: Low-key Cowl by Elizabeth Smith, using Cascade 220 in the green colorway (very old stash) Knitted Knockers Ilha pullover by Orlane Sucche, using Greenwood Fiber Indulgence (merino, cashmere and silk). WYS Vanilla Socks, using West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply Self-Striping in the Peacock colorway   BOOKS   Tracie has read: Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro #6) by Dennis Lehane - 4 stars Starring Sally J. Friedman as Herself by Judy Blume - 5 stars Boar Island (Anna Pigeon #19) by Nevada Barr - 4 stars   Barb has read: The End of Temperance Dare by Wendy Webb.- 3 stars The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman - 4 stars Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer - 5 stars      

Psychotherapist Dr. Harriet Fraad is joined by activist physician William Bronston MD to discuss his astonishing book 'Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America': "Public Hostage should make you outraged. The mistreatment of disabled people in Willowbrook and the mistreatment today of disabled people living in institutions must be understood and together we must fight to provide people the supports they need to live their lives integrated in our communities with dignity and respect. We as a society are responsible for these atrocities if we remain silent..." "William gives readers an in-depth look at how and why places like Willowbrook existed in the first place, and how financial incentives, hard-wired into the way health care is delivered in this country, encourage institutionalization of one form or another at the expense of more humane, more effective, and more cost effective home based health care. The result has been the continual use of for profit nursing homes and “assistive living centers” to which millions of elders and people with disabilities remain consigned..." "His book delivers a timely, well-written and meticulously documented argument that radical change is needed. His book is a must read for anyone interested in disability rights, elder rights and health care reform." References: Public Hostage Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61146053-public-hostage-public-ransom?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=eFvmxPITOD&rank=1 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51152447-caste?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=VauQJxpgAG&rank=1 The Lost Girls of Willowbrook: A Heartbreaking Novel of Survival Based on True History by Ellen Marie Wiseman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63051263-the-lost-girls-of-willowbrook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2kJGVz4vp4&rank=1 YES! Magazine: https://www.yesmagazine.org/ Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control by Barbara Ehrenreich: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959785-natural-causes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Z7ASZ2YiFq&rank=9 -- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. -- ATTENTION! This is a Boring Dystopia/Obligatory 'don't sue us' message: This podcast provides numerous different perspectives and criticisms of the mental health space, however, it should not be considered medical advice. Please consult your medical professional with regards to any health decisions or management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/message

Episode two hundred fourteen - part two Evelyn chats with Ellen Marie Wiseman about THE LOST GIRLS OF WILLOWBROOK which examines Willowbrook State School, the infamous Staten Island, New York, mental institution that shocked a nation when exposed in the 1970s as a dumping ground for unwanted children.

Two new novels explore the darker side of New York City. We chat with Louisa Trager about trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly. Then Ellen Marie Wiseman shares the horrors that occurred at the old Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ellen Marie Wiseman is drawn to the dark corners of history, where rumors and mystery shroud the truth. It's where she finds and develops characters who shine. Listen as she shares how her own history led her to write about hidden truths and social injustices. We're talking about her new novel, The Lost Girls of Willowbrook, which is set in a real state run institution exposed back in 1972 for its atrocious abuses. Ellen opens the novel with quotes from a real doctor who was there in 1972. Dr. William Bronston's physician activism helped bring an end to the institution. He is joining Ellen for some of her book launch events. You'll hear him describe how Ellen's storytelling takes him back in time, and you'll listen to a few minutes from the chapter of the audiobook that Dr. Bronston says affected him most profoundly. Thanks to Vida at Kensington Books for connecting me to Ellen and Dr. Bronston. Kensington generously provides Desideratum listeners the discount code DP20 to save 20 percent across their incredible library. You just enter DP20 at checkout at Kensingtonbooks.com Check out Libro.fm to find The Lost Girls of Willowbrook audiobook narrated by Morgan Hallett. Using the affiliate link to Libro.fm supports this podcast and a local book store of your choice. You can find more about the heartbreak and hope in all of Ellen's fictions on her website. https://ellenmariewiseman.com/ You can get a copy of Dr. William Bronston's book Public Hostage Public Ransom on his website. https://www.publichostagepublicransom.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theresa-bakken/support

Join us as we tackle The Lost Girls of Willowbrook, Ellen Marie Wiseman's powerful, heartbreaking, and complex novel about young people institutionalized in a New York “school” that was anything but. Senator Robert Kennedy once called Willowbrook a “snake pit.” Ellen talks about how children were essentially warehoused for years in this understaffed, overcrowded, filthy, and corrupt facility. Urban legends swirled around this place - especially about some of the (possibly murderous) staff members. We talk about the historical treatment of people with special needs or mental health issues, and what we've learned over the decades. Are we doing better? How do we stand up to injustice? The underlying facts about Willowbrook were first brought to light when Geraldo Rivera did an expose in 1972 - and it STILL took more than fourteen years for this facility to be shut down. Why didn't anyone go to jail? We talk about justice - and hope.

Tess and Karen loved talking to Ellen Marie Wiseman, a New York Times bestselling author of six highly acclaimed historical fiction novels. The interview covers her start as an imaginative child and concludes with a discussion of her fascinating book, The Lost Girls of Willowbrook, a novel described as a blend of fact, fiction, and urban legend. She also reveals how she chooses names for her characters and the temptation of going down the rabbit hole of research. She believes in crafting stories that cover past social injustices not widely known and creating characters that illustrate the resiliency of the human spirit.    Writers and readers alike will enjoy this fascinating conversation. Books mentioned:Bird by Bird by Anne LamottOn Writing by Stephen King https://ellenmariewiseman.com/For those considering advertising on BEHIND THE BOOK:  https://forms.gle/bk7zRhMPw66xBJWP6

Novel Ideas will be discussing the book What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman. DBC 06250 Below is the synopsis from Bookshare. Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother’s apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster … Novel Ideas to discuss What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman DBC06250 03/19/2021 Read More »

Novel Ideas will be discussing the book What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman. DBC 06250 Below is the synopsis from Bookshare. Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloging items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care—and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices—with shocking and unexpected results. Illuminating and provocative, What She Left Behind is a masterful novel about the yearning to belong—and the mysteries that can belie even the most ordinary life. Join us in this zoom meeting to discuss this great book. Host: Randi Shelton E-Mail: rshelton820@gmail.com Co-Host Ruth ann Acosta, E-Mail: ruth1244@gmail.com

September 21, 2020 - The Great War is over, but the Spanish Influenza continues to deliver the butcher's bill. Everywhere, children are dying. But in Philadelphia, they're also disappearing -- and they all have one thing in common: They're immigrants. We dive into a riveting novel set 100 years ago that's eerily familiar today with acclaimed novelist Ellen Marie Wiseman. She brings us The Orphan Collector, a Target Book Club Pick and an Editor’s Choice in Historical Novel Society magazine. Her 13-year-old heroine, Pia, and her mother care for twins, Ollie and Max, even as prejudice and the Purple Death beset them on all sides. Like so many German immigrants, her patriotism was immediately suspect, and her father -- feeling the need to prove his loyalty -- did so by enlisting to fight the Kaiser. With Armistice Day, they dare to hope for a return to normalcy. But when Pia leaves quarantine at home in a desperate search for food, she can't imagine that she'll return to find her brothers have evaporated into thin air. Ellen Marie Wiseman's previous novels include best-sellers The Life She Was Given: A Moving and Emotional Saga of Family and Resilient Women, and, What She Left Behind: A Haunting and Heartbreaking Story of 1920s Historical Fiction -- which sold over half a million copies -- and The Plum Tree: An Emotional and Heartbreaking Novel of WW2 Germany and the Holocaust. Visit EllenMarieWiseman.com for more on her fictional adventures, and follow her at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.      

This week, Stacy, Amber, Shannon, and Natalia are discussing books centered around the world wars. Books mentioned in this episode include: Karen Robards, The Black Swan of Paris Charles Todd, A Duty To the Dead (Bess Crawford #1) Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Orphan Collector Pam Jenoff, The Kommandant's Girl (The Kommandant's Girl #1) Aimie K. Runyan, Girls On the Line Thomas Keneally, Schindler's List Susan Elia MacNeal, Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names Jacqueline Winspear, The Care and Management of Lies Ken Follett, Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1) Lynn Austin, If I Were You You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

Today’s author interview guest is Ellen Marie Wiseman, author of The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. From the internationally bestselling author of What She Left Behind comes a gripping and powerful tale of upheaval—a heartbreaking […]

We're trying something new! Historical Fiction! Join us as we interview Ellen Marie Wiseman, the author of The Orphan Collector. It's a powerful tale of upheaval, resilience, and hope set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak—the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the world’s population.

 Peg and Harry remain the best. We still don't like Ethan. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ENDS HAPPILY AND WE CAN'T HANDLE IT.   Reading Roommates is a long distance book club where we discuss a few chapters each week. Season 1 is What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman.   Read along with your hosts Sara Raffensperger and Britt Engel as they are emotionally traumatized by fictional characters.   You can find us on the internet here: readingroommates.com Instagram: @readingroommates Twitter: @readingroommate readingroommates@gmail.com Theme song by Al Maiocco Logo by Hannah Walker

Shannon is the worst obviously and only further traumatizes Izzy. Izzy's mom is in a coma and Britt's theory was spot on. BRUNO. Cue our gross sobbing.   Reading Roommates is a long distance book club where we discuss a few chapters each week. Season 1 is What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman.   Read along with your hosts Sara Raffensperger and Britt Engel as they are emotionally traumatized by fictional characters.   You can find us on the internet here: readingroommates.com Instagram: @readingroommates Twitter: @readingroommate readingroommates@gmail.com Theme song by Al Maiocco Logo by Hannah Walker

OH MY GOD. THESE TEENS ARE THE WORST. THEY'RE JUST THE WORST. BRUNO!!!!!!!!!!!   Reading Roommates is a long distance book club where we discuss a few chapters each week. Season 1 is What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman.   Read along with your hosts Sara Raffensperger and Britt Engel as they are emotionally traumatized by fictional characters.   You can find us on the internet here:   readingroommates.com Instagram: @readingroommates Twitter: @readingroommate readingroommates@gmail.com   Theme song by Al Maiocco Logo by Hannah Walker

In chapters 9-12, we learn a LOT about Shannon except about how she found out about Izzy's mom (rifling through hours of microfiche??). We also get a look into how the Willard patients are (mis)treated and Clara fights back.    Reading Roommates is a long distance book club where we discuss a few chapters each week. Season 1 is What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman. Read along with your hosts Sara Raffensperger and Britt Engel as they are emotionally traumatized by fictional characters. You can find us on the internet here: readingroommates.com Instagram: @readingroommates Twitter: @readingroommate readingroommates@gmail.com Theme song by Al Maiocco Logo by Hannah Walker

Welcome to our first podcast episode ever! In our first season, we are discussing What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman, and our first episode is just chapters 1-4. So you don't have to have the entire book read to listen to our podcast. We are reading a handful of chapters each week too, so it's spoiler free (except for the chapters we're discussing, obviously).  In this episode, we meet Izzy and Clara. Izzy is 17 and in foster care in 1995. Clara is 18 and the daughter of a wealthy banker in 1929. What She Left Behind has alternating chapters telling their stories. And we're emotional about all of it already.     Reading Roommates is a long distance book club where we discuss a few chapters each week. Read along with your hosts Sara Raffensperger and Britt Engel as they are emotionally traumatized by fictional characters. You can find us on the internet here: readingroommates.com Twitter: @readingroommate Instagram: @readingroommates readingroommates@gmail.com Theme song by Al Maiocco Logo by Hannah Walker

Listener Question Fall 2017 Edition: As you all know Fall starts this Friday. What are your favorite things about Fall? Is it the leaves changing color? Pumpkin Spice Flavored Everything? Sweater and Hoodie Weather? Crisp Days and Apple Cider? Hay Rides? Fall TV Shows? I’m all ready for Fuller House this Friday September 22 on Netflix and Stranger Things Season 2 on October 27. My husband got me into watching the reality show Chrisley Knows Best on USA even though he normally hates reality tv. I bought some Fall Flavored M&M’s White Chocolate Pumpkin Pie and Cookies and Scream which Cookies and Scream is only available at Target. Glade Fall Scented Candles and Air Freshners Pumpkin Scented and Bath and Body Works Body Wash and Lotion my new favorites are Caramel Apricot, Fall is in the Air, and Marshmallow Pumpkin Latte. Also the Yankee Candle Autumn Wreath Car Air Freshner is good too. I recently last Thursday went and saw the author Sarah J. Maas the young adult author of the Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses fantasy Series I really enjoyed the Q & A and I’ll be going on the 30th of this month to see young adult author of the Shadow and Bone Grisha Trilogy Series and Six of Crows Duology. I haven’t met her before. I finished three books by adult historical fiction writer Ellen Marie Wiseman her new book The Life She Was Given which came out this July and is getting a lot of buzz and her other two books The Plum Tree set during World War 2 and What She Left Behind about psychiatric hospitals in the 1930’s and 40’s. Now I’m starting Coal River about the Philadelphia Mining practices with child labor. Well, I’ll see you guys two weeks from today with a two new episodes. Stay Tuned Next Sunday when I post the Listener Questions for S2E4: Baby Buddies Inc and S2E5: Tap Your Troubles Away. Happy Fall Everyone!! Email me your favorite things about Fall and i'll share them on the podcast. Gmail: punkypowerpbpodcast@gmail.com