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Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital
Gracefully Insane Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital
Author: Alex Beam
The Boston Globe #1 bestseller and Book Sense 76 pick: A "candid and engrossing" history of "the Harvard of mental institutions," and of the evolution of psychiatric treatment. McLean Hospital is one of the most famous, most elite, and once most luxurious mental institutions in America. Its "alumni" include Sylvia Plath, John Forbes Nash,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781586481612
ISBN-10: 1586481614
Publication Date: 1/2003
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 4
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A wordy but interesting history of the mental ward of McLean Hospital from it's beginning to present. With historic photographs and histories of particular patients and their treatments. The narrative is slow and long winded.
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