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Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
- De: Susan Sheehan
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith, Kate Reading
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 139
This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize winning investigation of schizophrenia - now reissued with a new postscript - follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness. "Sylvia Frumkin" was born in 1948 and began showing signs of schizophrenia in her teens. She spent the next seventeen years in and out of mental institutions. In 1978, reporter Susan Sheehan took an interest in her and, for more than two years, became immersed in her life.
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General Anesthesia, Report to Psychiatry at Once!
- De Ella en 11-16-14
- Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
- De: Susan Sheehan
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith, Kate Reading
My favorite book!
Revisado: 04-05-23
I read Is There No Place on Earth for Me? decades ago, not long after Maxine Mason passed away. The first time I read it, I simple couldn't put it down and became absorbed with the storyline, It stayed with me for years. The way Sheehan wrote made you feel as though you personally knew Sylvia, and had been observing her on your own throughout your life. At that time Sheehan hadn't added the edition to her where she discussed the life and death of Maxine Mason after the book was published, and how she stayed in touch with her. I wasn't aware that Sylvia Frumpkin was a pseudonym for the real person, as well as the names Harriot, Irving and Joyce, all as a means to protect identities of Maxine and her family, but I am so thankful I recently listened to this audiobook and got a fuller picture of their lives.
I am easily drawn in by Sheehan and her writing style. It is instantly engaging from the first sentence. It is as if she's right there, having a conversation with you face to face. She has a way of using JUST enough detail, that it creates a mental image of the entire scene, and you do feel like you're in the same room to the point you can imagine the sounds, colors, smells, images, conversations, time of day, and voices fully. Sheehan doesn't lack in her ability to pain a perfect mental image to her storylines.
It was so intriguing to me that I decided to research Creedmoor on my own, and learn about the history and how it's operating today. I think the story Sheehan tells of Maxine Mason is important, and I appreciate that it wasn't lost to the world. There is a reason why this book is read in many psychology classes and studied. It puts the reader right there, directly in the center of a devastating mental illness, from a perspective that removes the drab and black and white clinical description, and takes it a real life level. Even being accountable for how the main character's behavior affected those around here in everyday settings, such as shops and restaurants. I think every reader will feel a personal connection with Maxine Mason, and feel as though they gained a better understanding of what mental illness, and a life in and out of mental hospitals, while struggling every single day with a disorder such as schizophrenia is really like.
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