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At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked
swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her
undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing
angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to
excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant
who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification
program. That recommendation would change her life forever. The
nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of
the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods
of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning
of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was
changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical
survival. After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a
boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned
more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form
of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and
humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was
rehabilitated enough to "graduate" and was released. In this
eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she
endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and-years
later-how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life
and reclaim her identity.
A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a
"therapeutic" boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young
woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin
was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer
star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was
wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began
skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents
turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be
enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation
would change her life forever. The nightmare began when she was
abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired
professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia.
Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal:
she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number
and every moment was a test of physical survival. After three
brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in
Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison.
Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy
where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally,
at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough
to "graduate" and was released. In this eye-opening and unflinching
book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she
lost to suicide and addiction, and-years later-how she was finally
able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity.
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