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Teaser Tuesdays: Voluntary Madness

2009 at 8am     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

teasertuesdays22Hosted by Miz B, TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

  • Grab your current read.
  • Let the book fall open to a random page.
  • Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  • You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  • Please avoid spoilers!  

    • This week’s teasers are from Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin by Norah Vincent, in which the author uses her unique brand of “immersion journalism” and checks herself into various mental health treatment centers to see what life is like on the inside. From page 158:

    In the feeble voice of a boy who still wets the bed, he spoke of having nightmares every night, filled with flying “demons and devil dogs,” and he complained of having to leave the light on at night to banish them.

    There was Josephine, who stomped around the ward wear a permanent puss face.

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    1. Beth F on February 10th, 2009 10:07 am

      What a concept. I don’t think I’d like to check myself into an institution.

    2. Erika Lynn on February 10th, 2009 10:59 am

      wow, what a haunting teaser

    3. Margot on February 10th, 2009 11:14 am

      Is the author really OK? I mean, who does that voluntarily. But, you/she got my attention.

    4. Wendi on February 10th, 2009 12:25 pm

      Wow – doesn’t sound like a light read at all – thanks for the teaser!

      Here’s my Teaser! I’m also giving away 15 galley copies of this book via the publisher, so stop by and see if you want to enter! :) ~ Wendi

    5. stacybuckeye on February 10th, 2009 12:50 pm

      Interesting teaser. The cover is cool too.
      My teaser is here
      http://stacybuckeye.wordpress.com/

    6. Bumbles on February 10th, 2009 12:59 pm

      Not sure what to think about this one. Is she trying to make light of the bad things patients have to go through because she has been in their shoes herself?

    7. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on February 10th, 2009 1:30 pm

      Actually (as I’ll eventually discuss in my review), she’s suffered from depression and spent time in a treatment center. Her experience there prompted her to go back while healthy (though she faked symptoms to get in) and do research for the book.

    8. jennygirl on February 10th, 2009 3:01 pm

      I will definitely check back to read your review. Sounds like a great book. I know mental health in this country stinks, so I am interested to read your thoughts as well as this book.

    9. Jeane on February 10th, 2009 3:44 pm

      It sounds interesting. I wonder how differently she saw everything being there as a researcher, having been a patient before.

    10. Nise' on February 10th, 2009 4:19 pm

      Takes courage to do that.

    11. Jacquie Reaville on February 10th, 2009 9:24 pm

      I think it might be an emotional read. Good teaser though.

    12. Michele on February 11th, 2009 12:22 am

      This sounds like the kind of book I’d love….I’m anxious to read your review of this.

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