Kaysen, Susanna
Girl, Interrupted
- ISBN 13:
- 9781860497926
- author:
- Kaysen, Susanna
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Virago
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 207mm
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
Susanna Kaysen's memoir of her time in a psychiatric hospital offers a vivid and unflinching portrayal of life on a psychiatric ward in the late 1960s. After a session with a psychiatrist, Kaysen was sent to McLean Hospital, where she spent two years among a diverse group of teenage girls struggling with mental illness.
The hospital's reputation for treating its famous clients - including Sylvia Plath and Ray Charles - is matched by its progressive methods, which Kaysen describes with razor-edged perception. Her account is a clear-sighted document that sheds light on the complexities of mental illness and recovery.
Through her experiences, Kaysen provides a unique insight into the world of a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s, a world that was both familiar and alien to those who lived it. This is a powerful and thought-provoking book that explores the boundaries between sanity and insanity.
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