Commencing with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, the iconic 1892 short story on women's quest for mental health, this anthology includes 53 personal essays and poems on struggles toward hope and recovery by Sylvia Plath, Kate Millet, Anne Sexton, and lesser-known writers, therapists, and /former patients. Clift, a Vermont writer c
Commencing with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper, the iconic 1892 short story on women's quest for mental health, this anthology includ...
Explore women's first-person experiences with the mental health establishment This unique contemporary anthology of women's experiential writing shares women's realities, perceptions, and experiences (positive and negative) within the therapeutic environment. These artistic expressions of personal experience will help women understand their own encounters in a new light. They are also instructive and enlightening for any practitioner working with women in a mental health setting. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story (included here), The Yellow Wallpaper, which inspired this title,...
Explore women's first-person experiences with the mental health establishment This unique contemporary anthology of women's experiential writing share...
This first-of-its-kind anthology is a moving collection of prose and poetry by 21 women who understand the challenges, and rewards, of caretaking, whether for parents and other family members, spouses, children, or friends. Offering support and validation to women who are now caregivers, it is rich with warmth, wisdom and wit. A comforting book to be savored and shared
This first-of-its-kind anthology is a moving collection of prose and poetry by 21 women who understand the challenges, and rewards, of caretaking, ...