Stephanie Carpenter – Moral Treatment

Stephanie Carpenter – Moral Treatment

Award-winning author Stephanie Carpenter discusses her novel MORAL TREATMENT, the inaugural winner of the Summit Series Prize from Central Michigan University Press. Set in a 19th-century psychiatric hospital in northern Michigan, the novel follows 17-year-old Amy Underwood as she navigates life inside an institution built on the ideals of “moral treatment.” A fascinating conversation with echoes that remain important today.

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