Issa Ibrahim's memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years.Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family's descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father's death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis--and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable.Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom.Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery.Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
ISBN-10
1504758803
ISBN-13
9781504758802
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222850771
Product Key Features
Format
CD-Audio, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Topic
Autobiography: Science, Technology & Medical
Author
Issa Ibrahim
Additional Product Features
Running Time
602
Read by
Kevin R Free
Date of Publication
05/07/2016
Contained Items Statement
8 Audio Cds
Country of Publication
United States
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