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The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
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4 out of 5
Based on 415 Ratings and 161 Reviews

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"The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum--the sort of community in which, for better and for worse, hundreds of thousands of people lived out their lives. Darby Penney and Peter Stastny'... More
Book Information
PublisherBellevue Literary Press
BindingPaperback (5 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages205
ISBN-101934137146
ISBN-13978-1934137147
Publication Date01/01/2009
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About Darby Penney (Author) : Darby Penney is a published author. A published credit of Darby Penney is Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic.
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About Peter Stastny (Author) : Peter Stastny is a published author. A published credit of Peter Stastny is Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic.
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