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Paperback Published on: 23/01/2025
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Girl, Interrupted
Thought Provoking
I read this in an evening, didn't even need the bookmark I found! It's a fascinating portrayal of the two years the author Susanna Kaysen spent in McLean H... READ MORE
Kari Fry at Stevenage
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
Kaysen offers her perception of a flawed and impossibly unfair system in this compelling account of her two-year stay in a mental hospital. Simple, honest ... READ MORE
Jasmine at Birmingham High Street

Synopsis

Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.

In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital to be treated for depression. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele - Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor and Ray Charles. Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, this bestselling memoir is a sharply vivid portrait of Susanna's fellow patients, the kaleidoscopically shifting world of the late sixties, and how sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

'Girl, Interrupted is a beautiful, complex story that truly led the way on opening up a new, brave, nuanced approach to talking about women's mental health. An intense and personal story that taps into a universal truth about how the world responds to complicated young women' SCARLETT CURTIS

'Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny . . . A compelling and heartbreaking story' NEW YORK TIMES

'Not since Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar has a personal account of life in a mental hospital achieved as much popularity and acclaim' TIME

'A cool, elegant and unexpectedly funny memoir' SUNDAY TIMES

'Memorable and stirring' VOGUE

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780349019598
  • Number of pages: 192
  • Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 16 mm
  • Weight: 157g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Girl, Interrupted
Any longer and I'd have lost interest.
it is likely that you will have seen the film, before reading this. Kaysen's story is interesting as it gives us insight in to the world of the phsyciatri... READ MORE
GJ
Girl, Interrupted
A lifelong favourite
"Girl, Interrupted" is one of my favourite books ever. It tells the story of Susanna Kaysen - a troubled 18 year old girl who is suddenly one day placed in... READ MORE
Klanga
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
A personal account of life in an American mental hospital in 1967-8. What defines insanity? Short, but informative, touching and witty.
Morley
Girl, Interrupted
fantastic
Gives a detailed personal account of a young girls experience suffering from a mental illness, superbly written and a great read, highly recommended!
Claire2007
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
Fantastic! I read this book in one sitting in less than 2 hours! Could not out it down.
Nadia Khan
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted
Amazing Book. :) i loved it.
jasmine wood