The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness
of Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett (Goodreads Author)
Description
At seventeen Lori Schiller was the perfect child -- the only daughter of an affluent, close-knit family. Six years later she made her first suicide attempt, then wandered the streets of New York City dressed in ragged clothes, tormenting voices crying out in her mind. Lori Schiller had entered the horrifying world of full-blown schizophrenia. She began an ordeal of hospitalizations, halfway houses, relapses, more suicide attempts, and constant, withering despair. But against all odds, she survived. Now in this personal account, she tells how she did it, taking us not only into her own shattered world, but drawing on the words of the doctors who treated her and family members who suffered with her.In this new edition, Lori Schiller recounts the dramatic years following the original publication -- a period involving addiction, relapse, and ultimately, love and recovery.Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, THE QUIET ROOM is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 288 pages
- Publisher Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Date January 1st 1996
- First Publication 10/29/94
- Language English
- ISBN 9780446671330
- Edition Not informed
- Category Self-Development
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