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“Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom.”

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Susanna Kaysen
Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen is an American author best known for her autobiographical novel 'Girl, Interrupted,' which is based on her own experiences at the McLean Hospital psychiatric ward in the early 1960s. more

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