I often check out books that my local librarians display at the front of our library. The theme last month was books that had been made into movies and Girl Interrupted was featured with it's accompanying DVD.
The book was a bestseller and I understand why. For such a depressing topic, an 18 year old girl is institutionalized for 2 years, it's oddly funny. Years ago, I heard a American buddhist monk speak about a job he had at a psychiatric hospital. He said at the end of 5 years of work, he knew the only difference between him and the patients was that he had the keys. Susanna is hospitalized in the late '60's but it isn't clear that she is insane. She isn't sure either. Her values were very different from her ivy-league educated, conservative parents but was that mental illness? Where is the line between misery and clinical depression? Who decides you've crossed it?
A great memoir.
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