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Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.
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The Writers
SUSANNA KAYSEN has written the novels Asa, As I Knew Him and Far Afield and the memoirs Girl, Interrupted and The Camera My Mother Gave Me. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Proportions of Girl Interrupted By Susanna Kaysen PDF
- Publisher : Vintage (April 19, 1994)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- International Standard Book Number-10 : 0679746048
- International Standard Book Number-13 : 978-0679746041
- Lexile measure : 760L
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.13 x 0.5 x 7.94 inches
Reviews From Customers
girl, interrupted
January 23, 2017
Girl, Interrupted written by Susanna Kaysen is about the authors life as a young, ambitious girl in the 1960’s who gets admitted into the women’s ward of a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. Observantly, Kaysen tells the story of her two-year-long stay at the hospital through multiple vague vignettes. She describes another patient named Lisa, who is a proud sociopath, and how her unpredictable personality was a prime source of entertainment for the other women in the ward. Another one of her ‘friends’ at the hospital is her room mate, who also suffers from depression, named Georgina. Georgina is an ultimately relaxed character and, on the surface, seems pretty normal, but her instability emerges later in the story. For most of the book, Kaysen refuses to accept the fact that she is in the ward because the psychiatrist that admitted her only saw her for 20 minutes and diagnosed her with Borderline Personality Disorder. In one vignette, she recollects her suicide attempt, in which she took 50 baby aspirin and passed out at a grocery store, saying, “… it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate …” (37). This showcases her unhappiness with only parts of herself and her underlying instability, which seems to be a very important theme throughout the novel. One important event is when Kaysen is released into the world and is forced to participate in life. She struggles with finding a job because of her past and reluctantly accepts an old friend’s marriage proposal.
Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it very insightful. It showcased the struggles of womanhood in the late 1960’s, her endless turmoil with her mental state, and her attempts to define the line between sanity and insanity. Throughout the book, her and the other women in the ward frequently watch television and are very engaged in the many civil rights movements going on in that time period. Even after Kaysen leaves the hospital, she struggles with finding a job because of her intolerance with the unfair roles of women in the workplace. Having left the hospital and created a life for herself, she decides to research the disease the doctors claimed she had. She understands some of the parts of the diagnosis; cutting herself and impulsive activities, but she comes to the realization that it is a generalization, which further brings up the problem with the blurry line between sanity and insanity. Her efforts to determine sanity are very relevant, even in modern society, because mental illness is a very real thing and the course of treatment is crucial to a person’s development. I would definitely recommend this book to others because of its dark humor and reflective plot.
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Mike WIse
Funny, heartwrenching, painful and true
June 15, 2018
I have fought with crippling depression and anxiety over the past few years. It has gotten better, however I still have my occasional dark day here and there. When I first read this book (after the movie came out) I was frustrated and annoyed by the huge differences between the two. Reading it again in my late thirties, so much rang true to me this time…particularly in regards to self harm. Yet again I am reminded as to how recovery is a constant process. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Junnat A.
Good read on mental health
April 30, 2019
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen wrote this book of the time was admitted in the psychiatric hospital at a young age. She was able to get a hold of her medical record by hiring a lawyer and started writing her story. She talked about her time in the psychiatric hospital and the mental illness she was going through at that age. This is a non-fiction novel, which involves a story on how mental illness was treated and looked upon when put in a ward. Mental illness has been a big issue, even in today’s world and they were being treated as prisoners, not being able to go outside, always having nurses watching them and always had to take medicine to get knocked out if they started acting up. Instead of getting the help they needed, they were just put into a ward with others. It made Susana believe she belonged here because she was crazy for trying to attempt to kill herself, but in reality she had a personality disorder. Instead of spending more time with her, to understand her, she was immediately put in the hospital.
Susanna Kaysen was a 17 year old girl, who was admitted into a psychiatric hospital called McLean. She was admitted due to her trying to kill herself and her diagnosis had her be admitted immediately into the facility. After her interview with her doctor for about twenty minutes she was admitted. She goes back and forth with herself whether she wants to live in the inside at the ward because she believed she belonged there or the outside world where she must face the difficulty of reality. She had a boyfriend that would try to come visit her, but she didn’t want anyone visiting her because she wasn’t “sane.” She met and became friends with other females that were admitted named Polly, Georgina, Daisy and others. Susana was one of the more normal ones at the ward, so she had less restrictions, while others had more nurses watching over them at all times. As Susana was spending her time at the ward and once she was in the process of healing she was applying for jobs, but would get questions about her stay at the ward. It was much of a challenge because she also had to get doctor’s note to proof she was stable enough to have a job, driver license, and other things you need in your daily life. She accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, but wasn’t sure why she accepted it or the fact that she even wanted to get married. Once she finds out years later of her medical records and her diagnosis, in the notes it said that it was more common in women than it is in men, it raised sexism. The title of the book was connected to the Vermeer painting that she saw at a museum and she was able to connect with it.
Susana was admitted into the ward because she had a personality disorder according to her diagnosis. In this case, it seems very inaccurate. There was lack of evidence to show that she had this diagnosis. Even though, she did show some signs of mental illness, she was just a young girl going through a rough time and was temporarily interrupted by her mental illness. The book didn’t show much evidence of why she was diagnosed with this. Girl, Interrupted talked about borderline personality disorder, which is rarely discussed in media. The book had some great passages that had insightful concerns on what it’s like to live with mental illness in the 1960’s and being diagnosed with border personality disorder. The book had short chapters, which was odd and didn’t really get into details about what every character in the book is going through it was briefer. At times, I felt like the story was all over the place and not chronological order, so it would confuse me a bit on whether it was the present or past. It is a book that is more of Susana thoughts and females that had gone through mental illness, they were able to connect their experiences. What I thought was also interesting and I liked that she had her documents printed into the book to show her medical records and it was very informative. Susana mentioned how they weren’t treated as humans and it shows that till this day there is still no solutions in decreasing mental illness, but instead it is rising. People with a mental disorder are judged upon and avoided just like when she was trying to look for a job.
Overall, Susana has explained to us her world for two years in the psychiatric ward, where mental illness was not treated fairly. The Vermeer painting was called “The girl that was interrupted from music” just like she was interrupted from her life. Her symptoms lead to her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Since women are commonly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, she was admitted into the hospital after 20 minutes of the interview. Sexism did exist in this story because at one point Susana knew she wasn’t crazy, and then at another point she doubted herself and thought she might be and bit her hand to see if she had any bones. The book wasn’t my favorite, but it was very informative, and gave me an idea on how the mental institute worked in the 1960’s and how mental illness was looked upon.
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