In August 2014, Tom Lee and his parents drove out to visit
Severalls Hospital, a former in-patient psychiatric hospital.
Closed since the 1990s, as part of a nationwide shuttering of
psychiatric institutions, the buildings now stand derelict and
overgrown. But in the recent past, the name 'Severalls' resounded
with dread and fear, entering local lexicon as a place where the
strange, deranged and dangerous were 'kept away'. Among those
strange, deranged and dangerous people were Tom's own parents. The
Bullet is a memoir of their time in Severalls, and the breakdowns
and difficulties that led them there - often against their will. It
is also Tom's own story of his struggle with his fragmenting mental
health - a hereditary bullet he believed he'd dodged - and the
extraordinary physical crises that precipitated them. Deeply
moving, clear-sighted and enormously poignant, The Bullet is a
window onto the treatment of mental health disorders in the UK, and
a searing analysis of living with a fracturing mind.
General
Imprint: |
Granta Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Authors: |
Tom Lee
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78378-504-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-78378-504-7 |
Barcode: |
9781783785049 |
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