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Synopsis
In this remarkable book, based on her experiences as a psychologist in a Boston clinic, Lauren Slater journeys into the inner worlds of her sociopathic, catatonic and desperately depressed patients, and reveals them to us as damaged but precious individuals. Yet reaching out to them also means confronting the madness which once brushed her own life.
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Based on the author's experiences as a psychologist in a Boston clinic, this book journeys into the inner world of sociopathic, catatonic and depressed patients. However, reaching out to these people meant confronting the madness that once brushed the author's own life.
About the Author
Lauren Slater lives in Massachusetts. She is the winner of the 1993 New Letters Literary Award in creative non-fiction and of the 1994 Missouri Review Award. This is her first book.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 014025465X
- ISBN 13 9780140254655
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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