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An intensely honest personal memoir of 1960's psychiatric institutions, and a tribute to an indomitable spirit, nurtured by two therapists who refused to allow her to be devoured by an absurd system
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Diverse collection of short stories; tales drawn from life, other fiction, fantasy.
Short stories of engaging originality mingle with reports of travel to far kingdoms or hell and back, along with humourously poignant accounts from the author's career as a physician. Feminist, humanist and Jewish themes inform the collection, but it is the childlike voice of wonder at a world both tragic and magical that touches the reader. Laugh-out-loud funny in some places and raw or tender in others. This book deals with the large and small dramas of human existence. |
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