*一部关于精神疾病、抒情又深刻的回忆录
抑郁且有自杀倾向的海伦被送进精神病院,并根据《精神健康法》被隔离。在她情绪最低落的时候,她差点自杀。但不知何故,她坚持了下来,后来康复了。在恐惧之中,她经历了纯粹的喜剧时刻和意想不到的友情。当然,还有很多写作素材。这是一部深刻感人、精湛的关于一个女人身心灾难的描述,也是对人类混乱和紧张的有力提醒。
关于作者:
Helen Murray Taylor is a writer of contemporary fiction, creative non-fiction, essays and poetry. Her debut novel The Backstreets of Purgatory was published in 2018 by Unbound. She has appeared as a speaker at the Bronte Women Writers Festival, National Creative Writing Graduate Fair, the WayWord Literary Festival and as part of the Unmother Project for the Brighton Festival 2021. She is a founder member of the twitter peer support group, Women Writers Network.
好评:
'Like When Breath Becomes Air – where the skilled doctor becomes patient. . . Uplifting, never maudlin, and written with real kick. Helen is a brilliant anatomist of her own turbulent struggle' Alan Warner, author of The Stars in the Bright Sky
'Stark, witty, redemptive . . . It’s rare to encounter a writer this gifted who has experienced the abyss from within, and survived' Conor O'Callaghan, author of We Are Not In the World
'Vivid, candid, compelling, mesmerising. This is the sort of vital memoir that increases the store of empathy in the world' Kevin MacNeil, author of The Stornoway Way
'...asks questions of what memory is, what it means for our identity when we lose it and how love can fill in our memory blanks. Rich with incredible psychological and emotional veracity…' Andy West, author of The Life Inside