Linda K. (Fluffycat6) reviewed on 6/27/2010

Howard Dully is not the world's best writer, but his book is gripping nonetheless. Howard lost his loving biological mother at a very young age and his father then married a woman whose mission in life seemed to be Howard's destruction. Her compliment of mistreatments culminates in having Howard lobotomized at the age of 12. This book is as much an indictment of the psychiatric establishment of the fifties as it is of Howard's stepmother. Howard wasn't a sociopath, or schizophrenic, or if he himself is to be be believed, Howard was not even mentally ill. Howard is the victim of a step parent who wanted to be rid of him, and a psychiatrist whose hobby was promoting and performing lobotomies. "My Lobotomy" is an engrossing book, if a bit long winded at times. I recommend it.

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