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Holman, Virginia

 
9780743222853: Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories from a Decade Gone Mad
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ISBN 10 : 0743222857 ISBN 13 : 9780743222853
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Holman Virginia

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1975, one year after Patty Hearst and her captors robbed Hibernia National Bank, a second kidnapping took place far from the glare of the headlines. Virginia Holman's mother, in the thrall of psychosis, spirited her two daughters to a cottage on the Virginia Peninsula, painted the windows black, and set up the house as a MASH unit for a secret war. A war that never came. The family -- captive to her mother's schizophrenia and a legal system that refused to intervene -- remained there for more than three years.
"What sets this book apart," the Hartford Courant observed, "is Virginia's voice...brave, smart, tough." Reviewers nationwide have praised Holman's "riveting," "endearing," and "wryly humorous" story of a young girl caught in the whirlwind of madness -- a girl who chooses a brainwashed heiress as her role model. Holman's memoir vividly and brilliantly evokes the interior worlds of the sane and the insane and the delicate membrane in between. An essential exploration of identity, captivity, and love, Rescuing Patty Hearst will inspire readers' faith in the resilience of one family's spirit to survive and thrive even in the direst of circumstances.

Revue de presse

Pat Conroy One of the best books about schizophrenia I have ever read. Virginia Holman has delivered a gift to the world of letters and to the literature of mental illness.

USA Today Electrifying, like lightning in a Mason jar.

People Holman...infuses her nightmarish past with compassion and insight....Bottom line: Captivating.

Glamour Holman's passionate book is a fierce testament to the power of love.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743222857
ISBN 13 
9780743222853
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780743255493: Rescuing Patty Hearst: Growing Up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad

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ISBN 10 :  0743255496 ISBN 13 :  9780743255493
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2004
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