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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost And Found In The Loony BinStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionOffers a view of mental health care - from the inside out. Promotion infoBestselling 'immersion' journalist Norah Vincent takes on the mental health system - but when she gets sectioned she discovers that she's not just there to report, she's there to be cured ReviewsA worthwhile and surprisingly easy read for anyone interested in mental illness... Few journalists now leave their desks in search of a story. Vincent reminds us that there is a (locked, secret) world beyond our office windows and internet search engines Financial Times The writing is tight, funny and butch, a jabbering world of "docs" and "meds", and full of brilliant observations - the patients who lean towards the therapist, for example, in an attempt to get high on a whiff of her marker pen. There are some interesting personal revelations, too. [...] a fascinating journey. A sex change and now madness - one can't help wondering what she will do next Sunday Times Author descriptionNorah Vincent's first book, SELF-MADE MAN (2006) was an international media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Previously, Vincent wrote a nationally syndicated op-ed column for the Los Angeles Times. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, New Republic, Village Voice, and the Washington Post. She lives in New York City. |