Girl, Interrupted (Paperback, Film Tie-in Ed)

At 18 years old, after a shockingly brief interview with a doctor, Kaysen was sent to a psychiatric hospital where she spent most of the next two years. It was 1967, and this extraordinary and fluently written account examines the 'parallel universe' of life on the teenage girls' ward. The outside world romping through the late 1960s is set against the extraordinary, the funny and the tragic events in the lives of the girls inside, brilliantly exploring the sane and insane, illness and recovery. Kaysen's skilful narrative is totally compelling. (Kirkus UK)

In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, 18-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. An unflinching work that asks questions about our definitions of sane and insane, Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers.

General

Imprint:	Little, Brown Book Group
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2000
Authors:	Susanna Kaysen
Dimensions:	200 x 130 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
Edition:	Film Tie-in Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-86049-792-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-86049-792-6
Barcode:	9781860497926

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