In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.
Vintage
9780593469101
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Vintage
9780593469101
In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.
Writing saved Janet Frame’s life.
In 1951, the 27-year-old writer was scheduled for a lobotomy. She’d spent her adulthood in psychiatric facilities, and the extremely damaging practice was in its heyday. But after Frame’s debut book won a literary award, a doctor called off the procedure.
Frame is one of many authors Suzanne Scanlon references…
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