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Condition
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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
0679746048
Book Title
Girl, Interrupted : a Memoir
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8 in
Edition
30
Publication Year
1994
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Susanna Kaysen
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Medical
Topic
Women's Health, Personal Memoirs, General, Mental Health, Women's Studies, Psychiatry / General
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679746048
ISBN-13
9780679746041
eBay Product ID (ePID)
922954

Product Key Features

Edition
30
Book Title
Girl, Interrupted : a Memoir
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
Women's Health, Personal Memoirs, General, Mental Health, Women's Studies, Psychiatry / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Medical
Author
Susanna Kaysen
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-303131
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny. . . [a] compelling and heartbreaking story." --Susan Cheever, The New York Times Book Review "Tough-minded . . . darkly comic . . . written with indelible clarity."-- Newsweek "[A]n account of a disturbed girl's unwilling passage into womanhood...and here is the girl, looking into our faces with urgent eyes."--Diane Middlebrook, Washington Post Book World, "Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny. . . [a] compelling and heartbreaking story." --Susan Cheever,The New York Times Book Review "Tough-minded . . . darkly comic . . . written with indelible clarity."--Newsweek "[A]n account of a disturbed girl's unwilling passage into womanhood...and here is the girl, looking into our faces with urgent eyes."--Diane Middlebrook,Washington Post Book World, "Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny. . . [a] compelling and heartbreaking story." --Susan Cheever, The New York Times Book Review "Tough-minded . . . darkly comic . . . written with indelible clarity."--Newsweek "[A]n account of a disturbed girl's unwilling passage into womanhood...and here is the girl, looking into our faces with urgent eyes."--Diane Middlebrook, Washington Post Book World From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Dewey Decimal
B
Synopsis
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years in the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery., 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" ( The New York Times Book Review ). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery., 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" ( The New York Times Book Review ). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.
LC Classification Number
RC464.K36A3 1994
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  • by bria.gagno
    16 Jul, 2016Top favourable review

    Very Intriguing Content

    This book has great imagery and is descriptive when it comes to the author's time in the hospital. It deals with real people and has the people reacting realistically instead of the way certain authors do. Well worth reading.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: byebye8251

  • by Fu0bIgJ9QNK@Deleted
    03 Oct, 2008

    Very Impressive

    I thought this book was very well written. The author writes aboout her experience in a mental ward. The interesting factor of this book is details are so immense that you literally feel as though you are there seeing everything first hand. It also makes a statement of there being a very fine line of stable versus unstable. It helps the reader to understand the minds of these girls, and how anyone can be there in their shoes. These girls feel so real, almost as if we can all recall having someone like them in our lives at one point. I would recommend reading this book.

  • by amarie0520
    21 Oct, 2015

    Kept my attention

    Very descriptive and well written. I couldn't put down the book.

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  • by tricia666
    22 Aug, 2018

    This is a great read

    Great book

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  • by alyssa1391
    18 Oct, 2019

    Like new!

    Very good for used quality, would buy again. Thanks!

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