ButcherFrom one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a womens asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world. In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, Father of Gyno Psychiatry, as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a