Helpful Score: 2
This book is a wonderful look into the mind of a young girl who hears voices. But more than that, there is an entire world within her head, with it's own language, landscape, gods, and most importantly, rules.
We watch Deborah as she meets the other women in the ward, talks with her psycologist, and tries desperately to become cured.
I love this book. I mean love it with my heart and soul love it. I discovered it in my HS library and since then I have tried to read it at least twice a year. The vivid characters, engaging story, and fantastic writing style bring me back every time. I think everyone should read this book.
We watch Deborah as she meets the other women in the ward, talks with her psycologist, and tries desperately to become cured.
I love this book. I mean love it with my heart and soul love it. I discovered it in my HS library and since then I have tried to read it at least twice a year. The vivid characters, engaging story, and fantastic writing style bring me back every time. I think everyone should read this book.
An interesting look into the life of a mentally ill person. Now I know what the voices are.
Since the book description in the PBS system doesn't include a description about this book, I'll put the info from the back of the book here. Note: The book includes photos in the center.
Seldom has the strange and seductive world of insanity been charted more explicitly, or more beautifully, than in this novel -- this shining story of a young girl's three years in a mental hospital and her journey back from madness to reality.
"A novel that reveals deep truths about mental illness...a rare and wonderful insight into the dark kingdom of the mind." -- Chicago Tribune
"A marvelous job of dramatizing the internal warfare in a young psychotic....With a courage that is sometimes breathtaking...she makes a faultless series of discriminations between the justifications for living in an evil and complex reality and the justifications for retreating into the security of madness...convincing and emotionally gripping." -- New York Times Book Review
Seldom has the strange and seductive world of insanity been charted more explicitly, or more beautifully, than in this novel -- this shining story of a young girl's three years in a mental hospital and her journey back from madness to reality.
"A novel that reveals deep truths about mental illness...a rare and wonderful insight into the dark kingdom of the mind." -- Chicago Tribune
"A marvelous job of dramatizing the internal warfare in a young psychotic....With a courage that is sometimes breathtaking...she makes a faultless series of discriminations between the justifications for living in an evil and complex reality and the justifications for retreating into the security of madness...convincing and emotionally gripping." -- New York Times Book Review
This is a good book. I enjoyed reading of life in a mental institution, but I had to get used to Deborah's schizophrenic personality. That comment will make more sense when you read it. The book rally picked up for me after the first 100 pages or so.
