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The Quiet Room: Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

Authors: Lori Schiller, Amanda Bennett
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 15289

Media: Paperback
Edition: Warner Books Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8

ISBN: 0446671339
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.89820092
EAN: 9780446671330
ASIN: 0446671339

Publication Date: July 1996
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Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

a powerful read May 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

A wonderful book that i will read many times, i laughed and cried and highlighted sentences my way through the book. Having a son that has schizophrenia made it a lesson in understanding mental illness and gave me a grain of hope. An excellent worth while read

5 out of 5 stars

Should be on all school reading lists! January 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

A very moving book, with some witty moments. Written in a very accessible and easy to read style.

It provides an insight into the world of schizophrenia and how terrifying it must be; how bewildering that world is; the effects of the medication on Lori, amongst others, the dreadful weight gain and how this also affects her self-esteem.

I also thought the parts written by her family and friends also touching. How they felt and how they coped, but also you wonder what was not said as was too painful.

I would recommend it to all, not just those who have lived experience or mental health professionals and students, but everybody. It should be compulsory reading for all to help us begin to understand.

5 out of 5 stars

journey into her world of madness November 27, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I didn't want to finish this book as i enjoyed reading it, it took me on a roller-coaster of feelings, as Lori roller-coastered in her life.
It made me cry as i felt the struggle she had to survive. A revealing account of her inner world.

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful April 29, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

This was one of my favorite books of all time. The title did not stick in my mind as well as the details inside. A must read for anyone able to take on a deep depressing story of mental illnesses. MUST READ!

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Read! November 3, 2004
18 out of 19 found this review helpful

What can I say? This good had me gripped from start to finish! I had it read in 2 days I just couldn't put it down!!

It's the story of Lori, who starts off in life being the grade A student, popular with everyone, the apple of her parent's eyes, basically happy with life and everything going for her.

Until the voices inside her take over her entire life and consume anything good in it, and leading her into a tortured life on the brink of hell!

Lori writes in amazing detail about what exactly was going on inside her head and gives the reader a good understanding of what life was like under the influence of her many schizophrenic episodes.

Lori's story really does make me feel so grateful for what I've got in life, and this book outlines just how sacred even the smallest of things are to making life what it is.

Such a courageous story!