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: Textbook
ASIN: 9780679746041
Publish date: 28-04-1994
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Girl, Interrupted is a collection of vignettes that tell, sometimes with poignant detail, one teenager’s experience in a mental asylum. Susanna Kaysen details the time she spent in a mental asylum after a doctor had her committed after about twenty minutes of consultation. She explores the nature of...
“Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?” Good question, isn't it? You may start asking yourself this after reading this book.I only spent a few months taking care of patients in psychiatric hospitals, but it made me really appreciate the nuances of Kaysen's story. It is the viewpoint of so...
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