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This renowned journalist's classic Pulitzer Prize winning investigation of schizophrenia - now reissued with a new postscript - follows a flamboyant and fiercely intelligent young woman as she struggles in the throes of mental illness.

"Sylvia Frumkin" was born in 1948 and began showing signs of schizophrenia in her teens. She spent the next seventeen years in and out of mental institutions. In 1978, reporter Susan Sheehan took an interest in her and, for more than two years, became immersed in her life: Talking with her, listening to her monologues, sitting in on consultations with doctors - even, for a period, sleeping in the bed next to her in a psychiatric center.

With Sheehan, we become witness to Sylvia's plight: Her psychotic episodes, the medical struggle to control her symptoms, and the overburdened hospitals that, more often than not, she was obliged to call home. The resulting book, first published in 1982, was hailed as an extraordinary achievement: Harrowing, humanizing, moving, and bitingly funny. Now, some two decades later, Is There No Place on Earth for Me continues to set the standard for accounts of mental illness.

©1982 Susan Sheehan; Foreword by Robert Coles (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Accolades & Awards

Pulitzer Prize
1983
Psychology & Mental Health Pulitzer Prize Mental Health Psychology Biographies & Memoirs Health Funny Professionals & Academics Medical Schizophrenia Memoirs
Enlightening Perspective • Absorbing Storyline • Great Narration • Realistic Portrayal • Educational Content

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes it was for the most part. Very interesting.

Would you recommend Is There No Place on Earth for Me? to your friends? Why or why not?

Probably depending on the friend

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite were when Sylvia seemed very "normal". She was extremely bright.

Could you see Is There No Place on Earth for Me? being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Can't stand this question

Any additional comments?

While this is a great book, it could have been much shorter. Way too much repetition. Also, her family was horrible to her! I'm sure it had to be extremely difficult for them, but the comments they'd make to Sylvia were just cruel.

Great book too long

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Narration was great! I have a new perspective on mental illness, as I deal with a vast cross section of the population, and have gained more empathy. I drive a Greyhound bus and see it often.

very interesting and insightful!

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A wonderful book , written in love and illustrating the real picture of mental the anguish of a schizophrenic person Very real and beautifully written .

Is there no place on earth for me ?

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this book gave me some perspective of things that are possible to come and for that I thank you for this book. However it is also excellent in its own right regardless of my personal standing. I would definitely recommend this to other people, especially people with schizophrenia

I have schizoaffective disorder; depression type

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I feel for all the family and am troubled by the lack of attention to her details by professionals, although they are sorely overworked.

curiously intetesting

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