Lynne Stewart's book is captivating and compelling as she chronicles her path to realizing her humanity. Her instincts to love and be loved were thwarted as she grew up. Her trust in the goodness of life was betrayed. Hidden behind thick walls of misery and loneliness at twenty-eight tender, caring words were spoken to her. Her life changed forever. He became her psychotherapist. She survives the intense psychoanalytic psychotherapy and allows the reader to experience her epiphany as she emerges ready to live life to the fullest. Her ability to identify with others labeled "mentally ill"...
Lynne Stewart's book is captivating and compelling as she chronicles her path to realizing her humanity. Her instincts to love and be loved were thwar...
A young woman is labeled schizophrenic, but is living with anger and withdrawing from the oppression of abuse and trauma. She gains solace and amusement expressing herself writing poetry in an insane asylum. The book is illustrated with pictures and drawings. The hospital was Camarillo State Hospital in Ventura, California in the mid-1960's.
A young woman is labeled schizophrenic, but is living with anger and withdrawing from the oppression of abuse and trauma. She gains solace and amuseme...