The Quiet Room Book Review

At seventeen lori schiller was the perfect child the only daught.

The quiet room book review.

Read 361 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Though even as a first hand witness to her sufferings at the hospital her book revealed so many more dimensions of her experience that were entirely invisible yet. Though even as a first hand witness to her sufferings at the hospital her book revealed so many more dimensions of her experience that were entirely invisible yet. A journey out of the torment of madness grants its readers a fleeting vivid glimpse into the reality of living with a serious mental illness.

The quiet room is the story of lori schiller a young jewish woman who suffers from schizophrenia and her attempts to cope with the disease. They talk about how riveting and suspenseful the book is and how they felt compelled to finish it in a single reading. With jamal douglas barkley harper stephanie kerbis brian mccook. A journey out of the torment of madness is a 1994 memoir that chronicles the years long struggle of lori schilling a bright promising high achieving jewish woman born to affluent parents and afflicted with schizophrenia ultimately schilling will emerge triumphant from her journey which includes many stints both voluntarily and involuntarily in mental hospitals.

Directed by sam wineman. I remember her well and fondly. The quiet room held special fascination for me because i was one of he mental health workers on lori s unit who participated in her restraints. Most people who review the book seem to love it.

The quiet room held special fascination for me because i was one of he mental health workers on lori s unit who participated in her restraints. The story is unusual not only because it is genuine but because schiller reveals in great detail the state of her psychology throughout the course of her illness from its inception at age seventeen to finally bringing it under manageable control when. The quiet room book. When michael s attempt at suicide awakens a psych ward demon he must stop her before she kills everyone in the hospital.