Susan Sheehan is the author of eight works of nonfiction. In 1983, she received a Pulitzer Prize for Is There No Place On Earth For Me? She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker.
“The classic case study of schizophrenia that set the stage for
reform. . . . Its insight, compassion, and humanity have much to
teach us." —Andrew Solomon
"Compelling, mordantly funny. . . . [A] beautifully written
chronicle." —The New York Times
"A brilliantly documented chronicle of a young woman's long
struggle with schizophrenia." —The New Republic
"Susan Sheehan has committed an extraordinary act of journalism. .
. . She brings relentless intelligent attention to bear on a
particular case, a journalistic practice that almost always results
in new and disturbing insights into those mindless generalities and
prejudice and certitudes we tend to carry around with us." —The
Washington Post Book World
"Sheehan is tenacious, observant and unsentimental. The history of
a single patient leads us into a maze of understaffed institutions,
bureaucratic fumbling, trial-and-error treatment and familial
incomprehension. Though Sheehan keeps herself invisible, her
sympathy is palpable." —Newsweek
"[A] monumental piece of reportage. . . . A model of close-up
journalism: totally convincing, unsentimental yet obviously
compassionate, rigorously plain." —Kirkus Reviews
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