{"product_id":"9780349019598","title":"Girl, Interrupted","description":"Author: Susanna Kaysen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349019598\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrazy 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny . . . A compelling and heartbreaking story' NEW YORK TIMES\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Not since Sylvia Plath's \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e has a personal account of life in a mental hospital achieved as much popularity and acclaim' \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A cool, elegant and unexpectedly funny memoir' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Memorable and stirring' \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491598356638,"sku":"ADS-9780349019598","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349019598.jpg?v=1770594769","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349019598","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}