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The Bullet
A Memoir
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In August 2014, Tom Lee and his parents drove out to visit Severalls Hospital, a former in-patient psychiatric hospital. Closed since the 1990s, as part of a nationwide shuttering of psychiatric institutions, the buildings now stand derelict and overgrown. But in the recent past, the name...
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A powerful and deeply personal exploration of mental health, and an indelible account of the legacy of familial illness and living with a fracturing mind.
A powerful and deeply personal exploration of mental health, and an indelible account of the legacy of familial illness and living with a fracturing mind.
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In August 2014, Tom Lee and his parents drove out to visit Severalls Hospital, a former in-patient psychiatric hospital. Closed since the 1990s, as part of a nationwide shuttering of psychiatric institutions, the buildings now stand derelict and overgrown. But in the recent past, the name 'Severalls' resounded with dread and fear, entering local lexicon as a place where the strange, deranged and dangerous were 'kept away'. Among those strange, deranged and dangerous people were Tom's own parents.
The Bullet is a memoir of their time in Severalls, and the breakdowns and difficulties that led them thereβoften against their will. It is also Tom's own story of his struggle with his fragmenting mental healthβa hereditary bullet he believed he'd dodgedβand the extraordinary physical crises that precipitated them.
Deeply moving, clear-sighted and enormously poignant, The Bullet is a window onto the treatment of mental health disorders in the UK, and a searing analysis of living with a fracturing mind.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781783785049
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 224.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Tom Lee is the author of The Alarming Palsy of James Orr, a novel, and Greenfly, a collection of short stories. He lives in South London and teaches at Goldsmiths.
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