{"product_id":"girl-interrupted-by-susanna-kaysen-9780349017907","title":"Girl, Interrupted","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful, complex story that truly led the way on opening up a new, brave, nuanced approach to talking about women's mental health. It is an intense and personal story that taps into a universal truth about how the world responds to complicated young women' – SCARLETT CURTIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Poignant, honest and triumphantly funny . . . A compelling and heartbreaking story' – NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA clear-sighted, unflinching work that provokes questions about our definitions of sane and insane, Kaysen's extraordinary memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling memoir that inspired the cult classic film, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46843818541292,"sku":"9780349017907","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6632593482312.jpg?v=1758813842","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/girl-interrupted-by-susanna-kaysen-9780349017907","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}