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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Community Reviews back

by Joanne Greenberg
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mollysmommyreads
mollysmommyreads rated it 10 years ago
A well written look at mental illness for YA.
Just a book blog
Just a book blog rated it 11 years ago
A semi-autobiographical book about a sixteen year old schizophrenic girl who lives in her dark imaginary world. Her parents take her to a mental hospital where she stays for three years.
Lee's Library
Lee's Library rated it 11 years ago
This was a powerful and painful reading experience and not something I would have naturally gravitated to on my own. I chose to read this upon the recommendation of my friend Lisa and I'm very glad I did. I have no idea what the author's history is but she did a marvelous job at getting inside the...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
I highly recommend this book.
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
I highly recommend this book.
Jules
Jules rated it 11 years ago
This is one of the first books I can remember being utterly fascinated with. I haven't read it in years but I will never forget its impact, all those years ago. It's extremely well done, brutal and raw, beautiful and scary.The Kathleen Quinlan movie doesn't do too bad a job with it, either.
Valz
Valz rated it 12 years ago
I read this in high school and loved the way it took me inside this young woman's mind.
Shelly's Book Journal
Shelly's Book Journal rated it 13 years ago
One word: Sassy.The Spellman's are back with another Mystery. This time Isabel is sitting down with her lawyer to discuss how she got in trouble with x-boyfriend #11. Rae, David and the whole family are back - following one another more than their cases and digging up the dirt to blackmail one an...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 13 years ago
"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" is the author's fictionalized account of her three-year inpatient treatment for schizophrenia during the early 1950s. At that time, the mental health industry was not so focused on pharmaceuticals as it is today, so we get an inside look at the therapies employe...
digitaltempest
digitaltempest rated it 14 years ago
Young adult reading about a mentally ill 16-year-old girl who endures 3 years in a mental hospital. The story is told mostly from Deborah Blau's, the 16-year-old girl, point of view. Deborah's mental illness established early in her life due to pent up rage, frustration, and the pain of not being ac...
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