The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will exhibit Patricia Lubecks Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The literary festival will take place at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, on April 20-21, 2024.

The L.A. Times Festival of Books is an annual public festival celebrating community, literature, culture, and arts. Considered the largest book festival in the U.S., the event has drawn around 150,000 visitors annually. Visitors include authors, book lovers, exhibitors, celebrities, artists, and musicians. The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books hosts events that include performances and storytelling for children, author signings, and panel discussions.

Asylum Scandals is a historical book that talks about the history of two of Minnesotas oldest state hospitals that were utilized as asylums between 1867 and 1915. The book exposes the illegal procedures, corruption, murder, and abuse experienced by the patients. All the stories are true and are based on records and accounts from witnesses.

The book educates its readers about the dark times asylum patients undergo for a supposed recovery from the grips of mental illness. This book uncovers secrets and horrors that are now burned into the pages of history.

Asylum Scandals will be displayed at ReadersMagnets exhibit at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2024 at booth #225. Visitors are encouraged to drop by the exhibit to check out the books display.

Dig deeper into the horrific secrets of Minnesotas two oldest state hospitals. Get a copy of Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. To learn more about Patricia Lubeck and her works, visit www.plubeck.com.

Authors Biography:

Patricia Lubeck grew up in a small, rural town in Southwestern Minnesota. After high school, she attended the University of Minnesota for a year and then trained to become an ophthalmic assistant, working with four prominent ophthalmologists in downtown Minneapolis. A few years later, she moved to California, where she received her associates degree from Ventura College. In 2005, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, majoring in anthropology, psychology, and sociology. She was employed as an administrator for a company that investigated workers compensation claims for fraud. In 2005, she returned to Minnesota to assist in the care of her elderly parents. In 2006, she accepted a position as director of the county museum in Granite Falls, and three years later, she became the director of the county museum in Redwood Falls until her retirement in 2018.

Patricia spends time traveling to national parks, museums, and historic sites. The majority of her time is spent researching and writing true crime, murder, and mystery stories from Minnesotas early history. She has been writing since 2009 and published her first book in 2012. All of her books are available on Amazon and Kindle editions Murder in Gales, A Rose Hanged Twice; Murder, Mystery and Mayhem in Minnesota; Crime and Calamity in Yellow Medicine County; Murder and Madness; Victims of Foul Play; Death by Poison; and Asylum Scandals.

Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals
Author: Patricia Lubeck
Genre: History
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published Date: October 22, 2023