Girl, interrupted
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
ISBN
0679746048, 9780679746041, 9780613377171, 0613377176, 9781439558072, 1439558078
Lexile measure
760L
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 616.890092 KAY | On Shelf |
| Berkeley Public Library - Stacks | 616.89 KAY | On Shelf |
| Calumet City Public Library - Nonfiction | 616.89 KAY | Checked out |
| Cicero Public Library - Stacks | BIO KAYSEN, SUSANNA | On Shelf |
| Crete Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 616.89 KAYSEN, S. | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Kaysen, Susanna, -- 1948- -- Mental health.
Mental illness -- Biography.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Massachusetts.
Mentally ill women -- Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Teenagers -- Mental health -- Biography.
Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Personal narratives.
Kaysen, Susanna, -- 1948- -- Mental health.
Mental illness -- Biography.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Massachusetts.
Mentally ill women -- Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Teenagers -- Mental health -- Biography.
Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Personal narratives.
More Details
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0679746048, 9780679746041, 9780613377171, 0613377176, 9781439558072, 1439558078
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.4, 5 Points
Level 5.4, 5 Points
Lexile measure
760
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Turtle Bay Books, 1993.
Description
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. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.
Target Audience
760L,Lexile
Target Audience
Young Adult.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.4,5,36631.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kaysen, S. (1994). Girl, interrupted (First Vintage Books edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-. 1994. Girl, Interrupted. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kaysen, Susanna, 1948-. Girl, Interrupted Vintage Books, 1994.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kaysen, Susanna. Girl, Interrupted First Vintage Books edition., Vintage Books, 1994.
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