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Girl, Interrupted
3.92 (214,639 ratings by Goodreads)
Paperback VMC English
By (author) Susanna Kaysen


The bestselling book that inspired the cult classic film, Girl, Interrupted, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie.

"Not since Sylvia Plaths The Bell Jar has a personal account of life in a mental hospital achieved as much popularity and acclaim" TIME

"Intelligent and painful" Guardian

"Poignant, astonishing memoir" New York Times


In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist shed never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital to be treated for depression. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele - Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor and Ray Charles.

A clear-sighted, unflinching work that provokes questions about our definitions of sane and insane, Kaysens extraordinary memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers.


Product details

Format Paperback | 192 pages
Dimensions 152 x 207 x 13mm | 158g
Publication date 17 Feb 2000
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Film tie-in
Illustrations note Mit Abb.
ISBN13 9781860497926
Bestsellers rank 520