{"product_id":"girl-interrupted-9780679746041","title":"Girl, Interrupted","description":"\u003cb\u003e30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a \"poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a \"parallel universe\" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUSANNA KAYSEN has written the novels \u003ci\u003eAsa, As I Knew Him\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFar Afield\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Camera My Mother Gave Me.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574698250514,"sku":"9780679746041","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c0947068-b78e-482d-87f9-ce4223d195ff.jpg?v=1731975102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girl-interrupted-9780679746041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}