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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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The rhapsodic, ground-breaking cult classic about a young woman's battle with schizophrenia.
With a Foreword by Esme Weijun Wang and an Afterword by the author
'She fought them with her head and her teeth while the restraints were being tied, trying, doglike, to bite herself.'
Sixteen-year-old Deborah's identity is shattering as she retreats further and further from the 'normal' world into her imaginary kingdom of Yr, a fantastical inner refuge both lush and horrifying. Sent to a psychiatric hospital, she must, with the help of a gifted psychiatrist, try to find a way back.
Joanne Greenberg's fictionalized autobiography, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, became a global bestseller upon publication in 1964 and remains a wrenching account of mental illness.
'A rare and wonderful insight into the dark kingdom of the mind' – Chicago Tribune
'Marvellous ... a courage that is sometimes breathtaking' – The New York Times Book Review
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg is praised for its courageous exploration of the complexities between choosing reality and retreating into madness, as noted by The New York Times Book Review. The Chicago Tribune commends it for offering a rare insight into the mind, while The Spectator describes it as intensely moving.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241563427
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 May 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 228g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Joanne Greenberg is the author of nineteen books, including I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. She received the Harry and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fiction Award as well as the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction in 1963 for her novel The King's Persons. Her novel In This Sign was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie called Love Is Never Silent. Greenberg was a volunteer firefighter and paramedic for thirteen years.
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