A Quiet Life in Bedlam
Title | A Quiet Life in Bedlam PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Bjornstad |
Publisher | Strategic Book Publishing |
Pages | 461 |
Release | 2012-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1622125126 |
The year is 1965. The U.S. is in turmoil as the Vietnam War escalates and civil unrest is seething. Kate Bamber, a 19-year-old telephone operator from Memphis, is longing to find a good husband and some meaning to her young life. Seeking to escape a sad and troubled existence with her abusive parents, Kate eagerly accepts a job transfer and moves out of her parent's house to the beautiful, sunny beaches of Miami, Florida. Filled with hope and excitement, Kate immediately realizes her Mid-Southern upbringing and small-town na vet are no match for the harsh realities of life during these rapidly changing times. Romantic notions and hunger for adventure drive Kate to a guilt-ridden yet passionate love affair that unexpectedly leads to a seemingly picture-perfect marriage. But her desire for love and companionship continues to burn and the idea of a quiet married life is not what Kate's free-spirited nature is made for.
Bedlam
Title | Bedlam PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Paul Rosenberg |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0525541314 |
A psychiatrist and award-winning documentarian sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the United States. When Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg trained as a psychiatrist in the late 1980s, the state mental hospitals, which had reached peak occupancy in the 1950s, were being closed at an alarming rate, with many patients having nowhere to go. There has never been a more important time for this conversation, as one in five adults--40 million Americans--experiences mental illness each year. Today, the largest mental institution in the United States is the Los Angeles County Jail, and the last refuge for many of the 20,000 mentally ill people living on the streets of Los Angeles is L.A. County Hospital. There, Dr. Rosenberg begins his chronicle of what it means to be mentally ill in America today, integrating his own moving story of how the system failed his sister, Merle, who had schizophrenia. As he says, "I have come to see that my family's tragedy, my family's shame, is America's great secret." Dr. Rosenberg gives readers an inside look at the historical, political, and economic forces that have resulted in the greatest social crisis of the twenty-first century. The culmination of a seven-year inquiry, Bedlam is not only a rallying cry for change, but also a guidebook for how we move forward with care and compassion, with resources that have never before been compiled, including legal advice, practical solutions for parents and loved ones, help finding community support, and information on therapeutic options.
Bedlam
Title | Bedlam PDF eBook |
Author | Dominick Bosco |
Publisher | Carol Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
A true account of life in a major state mental institution.
Quiet Life in Bedlam
Title | Quiet Life in Bedlam PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Bjornstad |
Publisher | |
Pages | 624 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The year is 1965. The U.S. is in turmoil as the Vietnam War escalates and civil unrest is seething. Kate Bamber, a 19-year-old telephone operator from Memphis, is longing to find a good husband and some meaning to her young life. Seeking to escape a sad and troubled existence with her abusive parents, Kate eagerly accepts a job transfer and moves out of her parent's house to the beautiful, sunny beaches of Miami, Florida. Filled with hope and excitement, Kate immediately realizes her Mid-Southern upbringing and small-town naïveté are no match for the harsh realities of life during these rapidly.
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Title | Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Katz |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 45 |
Release | 2011-04-26 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0805092196 |
Introduces the dogs of Bedlam Farm that inspire the author's books.
Beyond World'S End
Title | Beyond World'S End PDF eBook |
Author | Mercedes Lackey |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0671319558 |
An Eric Banyon fantasy.
Bedlam
Title | Bedlam PDF eBook |
Author | Dominick Bosco |
Publisher | Carol Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
A true account of life in a major state mental institution.