| Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin Contributor(s): Vincent, Norah (Author), Gilbert, Tavia (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433235633 ISBN-13: 9781433235634 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: The journalist who famously lived as a man commits herselfliterallyto a mental institution, where she analyzes the impact of institutionalization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 5.7" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Norah Vincent's bestselling book of investigative journalism, Self-Made Man, ended on a harrowing note. Suffering from severe depression after her eighteen months living disguised as a man, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist, she committed herself to a mental institution. Vincent's new journey takes her from a big-city public hospital to a private facility in the Midwest and finally to an upscale retreat down south as she analyzes the impact of institutionalization on the unwell, the tyranny of drugs as treatment, and the dysfunctional dynamics between caregivers and patients. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gilbert, Tavia: - Tavia Gilbert, an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry, is an eight-time Audie nominee and the recipient of thirteen Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. With frequent inclusion on best of year and annual top ten lists, Tavia is a trusted and increasingly sought-after actress for work across every genre, from children's and YA, to literary fiction, nonfiction, and genre fiction. Audible recently named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir, and Library Journal said of this highly acclaimed actress, "as close as you can get to a full cast narration with a solo voice." Tavia is a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral, with fiction and nonfiction focusing on relationships, love, and identity. Vincent, Norah: -Norah Vincent is the author of the New York Times bestseller Self-Made Man. Previously, she wrote a nationally syndicated op-ed column for the Los Angeles Times. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, New Republic, Village Voice, and the Washington Post. She lives in New York City. |