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Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad
Rescuing Patty Hearst Memories From a Decade Gone Mad
Author: Virginia Holman
"1974 was a bad year to go crazy," Virginia Holman writes in this astonishing, beautiful, and painfully funny memoir of life with her schizophrenic mother in a disintegrating decade. In May 1974, one year after Patty Hearst and her captors robbed Hibernia National Bank, a second kidnapping took place, far from the glare of the headlines. Virgin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743222853
ISBN-10: 0743222857
Publication Date: 2/25/2003
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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A memoir of growing up in the mid-seventies in the care of a schizophrenic mother.
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I loved this book. It's a pretty, easy and fast read, but wow the impression it left!
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Very enjoyable. It is about a difficult time in the author's life, but I did notfind the story too horrifically gut-wrenching (something I have trouble with in books about people who have terrible struggles).
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On the lines of The Glass Castle, but not quite as well written. I did find it fascinating and give kudos to this author and her sister for surviving and becoming the wonderful people they are given their tramatic childhood.
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Wow! What a sad, compelling story! It really made me rethink my attitudes toward the mentally challenged, and their suffering families.
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Excellent! This is such a great book! A narrative about growing up with a psychotic disturbed mother. It is not about Patty Hearst at all! A worthwhile read!


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