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340 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781401301385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 01 August 2007
Description
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,392 reviews
Moods
informative 76%
reflective 63%
inspiring 52%
challenging 45%
hopeful 44%
dark 36%
sad 26%
tense 13%
funny 8%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
slow 21%
fast 9%
Average rating
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Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Forced institutionalizationModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, DeathMinor
Infertility, Murder, Ableism
340 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781401301385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 01 August 2007
Description
A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,392 reviews
Moods
informative 76%
reflective 63%
inspiring 52%
challenging 45%
hopeful 44%
dark 36%
sad 26%
tense 13%
funny 8%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
slow 21%
fast 9%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Forced institutionalizationModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, DeathMinor
Infertility, Murder, Ableism