9781862544529 - Counting the Rivers de McNeill, Pearlie (5 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment until her will to live is almost broken.In Counting the Rivers Pearlie McNeill draws on her experiences as a patient in several psychiatric hospitals, along with chilling extracts from her own medical file, to create a gripping account of one woman's struggle to salvage her fragile sense of self from the onslaughts of a system that denies the humanity of all.Counting the Rivers is Pearlie McNeill's second book. Her first was One of the Family, the story of her childhood in Sydney. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Size: 8"- 9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1862544522. ISBN/EAN: 9781862544529. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9072.

Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corners, tape both corners rear cover. 210 pp. The harrowing autobiographical novel of her life as a psychotherapy patient, based on true experiences in the 1960s and 1970s. Winner of the Wirra Wirra Wakefield Press prize.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment until her will to live is almost broken.In Counting the Rivers Pearlie McNeill draws on her experiences as a patient in several psychiatric hospitals, along with chilling extracts from her own medical file, to create a gripping account of one woman's struggle to salvage her fragile sense of self from the onslaughts of a system that denies the humanity of all.Counting the Rivers is Pearlie McNeill's second book. Her first was One of the Family, the story of her childhood in Sydney. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment until her will to live is almost broken.In Counting the Rivers Pearlie McNeill draws on her experiences as a patient in several psychiatric hospitals, along with chilling extracts from her own medical file, to create a gripping account of one woman's struggle to salvage her fragile sense of self from the onslaughts of a system that denies the humanity of all.Counting the Rivers is Pearlie McNeill's second book. Her first was One of the Family, the story of her childhood in Sydney. Madeleine Roberts fears that she is losing her mind, but her search for treatment leads her into mortal danger. She decides to enter a psychiatric institution, where she is drugged and disoriented by electroconvulsive treatment Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.