Girl, Interrupted
In the late 1960s, the author spent nearly two years on the ward for teenage girls at McLean Hospital, a renowned psychiatric facility. Her memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perceptions, while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. "Searing . . . captures an...
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In the late 1960s, the author spent nearly two years on the ward for teenage girls at McLean Hospital, a renowned psychiatric facility. Her memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perceptions, while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. "Searing . . . captures an exquisite range of self-awareness between madness and insight."--Boston Globe.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679423669 (0679423664)
Publish date: May 18th 1993
Publisher: Turtle Bay Books
Pages no: 168
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Adult,
Health,
Contemporary,
Biography Memoir,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness
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