Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl The True Story of Renee

Name: Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl The True Story of Renee
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ISBN: 9780452011335

ISBN-10: 0452011337

ISBN-13: 9780452011335

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marguerite Sechehaye, Frank Conroy

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This is the astonishing memoir of a young woman called only "Renee," whose descent into schizophrenia began at the age of five. Written with a diamond-sharp precision that lends it an eerie power, it tells the story of Renee's long sojourn in what she calls "The Land of Enlightenment" or "The Country of Tibet" and of her gradual and painstaking return to "wonderful reality." Renee moves in and out of hospitals, sometimes able to eat only tea and spinach, or apples and spinach, because "'The System forbade anything else." She regresses to a state resembling infancy, and she experiences intense despair, although she always describes her experiences with a pitiless and remarkable calm, as…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.01" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

FRANK CONROY is the director of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist.