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.
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...
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.
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...
"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...
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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