| It's 1967, and Susanna Kaysen in eighteen. After a short meeting with her psychiatrist she is shipped off to a mental hospital for her borderline personality disorder. She lands in the teenage girls ward. There she meets many interesting people. Lisa, the sociopath who is always trying to escape. Dais, who is in constant need of laxatives, and many others. Psychiatrists have the antagonistic role in her frank and funny commentaries on life on the ward, and while reading the stories you begin to wonder who is really crazy after all. | ||
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Plot & Themes Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes Struggle with - mental illness Which institution - mental hospital Life in an institution Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Female Ethnicity - Jew Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 () United States Yes The US: - Northeast Century: - 1960's-1970's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - thoughtful - like laughing Graphic sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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