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Nobody's Child

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Nobody's Child
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marie Balter
By (author) Richard Katz
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreCoping With Personal Problems
ISBN/Barcode 9780201608168
ClassificationsDewey:362.2092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Books
Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date 21 June 1992
Publication Country United States

Description

Marie Balters courageous story of hope and healing has inspired millions around the country. After spending the first twenty years of her adult life in a mental hospital, she gradually emerged from the terror of the back wards, eventually to attend graduate school at Harvard University and become a leading champion for the mentally ill.

Author Biography

Marie Balter, M.Ed. is a writer, lecturer, and advocate for the mentally ill. She is the winner of America's Award, the ordinary person's Medal of honour." Richard Katz, Ph.D. clinical psychologist and anthropologist, is the author of Boiling Energy: Community Healing among the Kalahari Kung. He teaches full time at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Canada, and at Harvard Medical School.