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Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen
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Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted

Raw memoir of a young woman's psychiatric journey.

If you're intrigued by the human mind's complexities and resilience, "Girl, Interrupted" offers a candid glimpse into the world of psychiatric care of the 60s through the eyes of a young woman. Susanna Kaysen's real-life narrative is both haunting and enlightening, exposing the fine line between sanity and insanity. The book not only provides a personal journey but also serves as a poignant critique of mental health treatment, which might resonate deeply with you if you're interested in psychology or human stories of struggle and identity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen
Compare to estimated retail price: S$19.12  

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ISBN: 9780679746041
Authors: Susanna Kaysen
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1994-04-19
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Mental Health, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 261653 readers)

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In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.
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Raw memoir of a young woman's psychiatric journey.

If you're intrigued by the human mind's complexities and resilience, "Girl, Interrupted" offers a candid glimpse into the world of psychiatric care of the 60s through the eyes of a young woman. Susanna Kaysen's real-life narrative is both haunting and enlightening, exposing the fine line between sanity and insanity. The book not only provides a personal journey but also serves as a poignant critique of mental health treatment, which might resonate deeply with you if you're interested in psychology or human stories of struggle and identity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.