The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times by Barbara Taylor

The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times

Barbara Taylor

320 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, her struggles were severe enough to lead to her admiss...

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reflective 100%
dark 80%
challenging 60%
emotional 60%
informative 40%
hopeful 20%
mysterious 20%
sad 20%

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slow 40%

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