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Is There No Place on Earth for Me? (Vintage)
Is There No Place on Earth for Me - Vintage
Author: Susan Sheehan
" A brilliantly documented chronicle of young woman's long struggle with schizophrenia." — -- Willard Gaylin, The New Republic — "Sylvia Frumkin," highly intelligent young girl, became a schizophrenic in her late teens and spent most of the next seventeen years in anti out of mental institutions. Susan Sheehan, a talented reporter followed "Sylvia...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394713786
ISBN-10: 0394713788
Publication Date: 5/12/1983
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Is There No Place on Earth for Me? (Vintage) on + 127 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a good book for anyone interested in psychology for it is a true biography of a schizophrenic woman. The first half of the book was wonderful, well written,interesting, and filled with facts about the instutional world ,as well as, observations on the patient. The second half of the book was dissapointing as it became repetitive and reflected all the details of the biographers notes. A good story does not include every minutia and the exacting detail becomes boring as one is taken through the day by day life of the schizophrenic woman over and over again.
reviewed Is There No Place on Earth for Me? (Vintage) on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book will stir your emotions. It paints a clear picture of lide inside of a mental institution.
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Helpful Score: 2
Reads like a long newspaper article. A brillant and well-written article .
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