Examined Lives
Gretchen Richard was a vivacious, competent woman who moved to Chicago on her twentieth birthday and began her rise in the hospitality industry. In her off hours, she devoured the nightlife with a string of young swain who wanted to marry her. But in 1950 after she had already become a wife and mother, everything changed for Gretchen when Dr. Walter Freeman pronounced her a paranoid schizophrenic on a Friday and performed a lobotomy the following Monday, robbing her of her drive and sparkle forever.In a compelling memoir and family history, Roberta Reb Allen shares a fascinating glimpse into her mother, Gretchen's, journey before, during, and…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4808-6319-4
- EAN: 9781480863194
- Produktnummer: 28229474
- Verlag: Archway Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 308 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.2 cm 643 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 643
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