num_pages: 352
description: "Sylvia Frumkin," a highly intelligent young girl, became a schizophrenic in her late teens and spent most of the next seventeen years in and out of mental institutions. Susan Sheehan, a talented reporter, followed "Sylvia" for almost a year talking with and observing her, listening to her monologues, sitting in on consultations with doctors - even for a period sleeping in the bed next to her in a psychiatric hospital.
language: English
title: Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
titlecomplete: Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
genres: Sociology, Psychology, Biography, Memoir, Mental Illness, Health, Mental Health, Biography Memoir, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1191
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: General Nonfiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Vintage