Nobody's Child
by Marie Balter, Richard Katz
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Author: Marie Balter, Richard KatzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-06-21
ISBN: 0201608162
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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- ISBN13: 9780201608168
- Condition: New
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Book Review: 20 years spent, not lost, in mental institutions
Summary: 4 Stars
Marie Balter's 1987 memoir tells the story of a life spent in mental institutions. At age 17, an indigent, directionless, orphaned Marie entered a mental hospital that would become her home for the next 20 years, save for a few brief periods on the outside. The story, co-authored with psychologist Richard Katz, is told from a childlike perspective. The 20-year-old Marie is no more self-aware than a child, and certainly no more fit for the world. She likes the routine of the hospital, enjoys helping the staff in exchange for cigarettes, but makes progress sporadically. During her tenure at the Castle in the 1950's and 1960's, she was subjected to experimental drug treatments before finding her way, finishing high school and college, getting a job, and preparing for graduate school.
Balter doesn't consider those 20 years to be "lost," and now uses her experiences as a guest lecturer on the subject of treatment for the mentally ill. Balter's memoir is an excellent counterpoint to Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted, which is a short memoir about that author's 1967 stay in a mental hospital in the greater Boston area (Balter, too, is from the area).
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