Girl, interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen | Literature & Fiction |
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Registered by wingLadyIndigowing of Orange, New South Wales Australia on 2/21/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by wingLadyIndigowing from Orange, New South Wales Australia on Friday, February 21, 2020
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 to be treated for depression.

She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele - Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor and Ray Charles.

A clear-sighted, unflinching work that provokes questions about our definitions of sane and insane, Kaysen's extraordinary memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers.

About the Author

Susanna Kaysen was born in 1948 and brought up in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she still lives. She has written two novels, Asa, As I Knew Him and Far Afield. While working on the latter, memories of her two year stay at McLean's psychiatric hospital began to emerge. With the help of a lawyer she obtained her 350 page file from the hospital. Girl Interrupted followed.

Journal Entry 2 by wingLadyIndigowing at Orange, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, February 23, 2020
sending to CavyNoves as part of the Australasian Wishlist Tag game

happy reading

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Journal Entry 3 by wingLadyIndigowing at Wishlist Tag Game, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, February 23, 2020

Released 4 yrs ago (2/24/2020 UTC) at Wishlist Tag Game, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 4 by CavyNomes at Wentworth Falls, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Received from LadyIndigo as part of a wishlist tag game.
It looks good, thank you very much.

Journal Entry 5 by CavyNomes at Wentworth Falls, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, May 3, 2020
This book was smaller than I had expected. It was easy to read, although not exactly chronological. The copies of the hospital paperwork was interesting, but hard to read.

As to the film, it has many of the same characters and events, but has taken serious creative licence to make a full length drama.

The book is certainly worth reading. Thanks again to LadyIndigo for sending it to me.

Journal Entry 6 by CavyNomes at Wentworth Falls, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, May 3, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (4/27/2020 UTC) at Wentworth Falls, New South Wales Australia

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Posted as part of the non-fiction sweeps #14.
(https://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/10/566623)

I'm not sure what day I posted this, as I neglected to make timely release notes.
This book may take a very long time to get to where it is going, as Covid-19 has affected postal services.

I hope the recipient enjoys.

Journal Entry 7 by Lamilla at Мінск / Minsk, Minsk Belarus on Saturday, September 5, 2020
It is here! Along with the other book. Thank you very much

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