Complex sentence: It is similar in many ways to Susanna Kaysen's "Girl, Interrupted", both books were published in the same year and both were written by articulate young women describing their experiences of mental illness.
Split into simpler sentences: It is similar in many ways to Susanna Kaysen's "Girl, Interrupted". Both books were published in the same year, and both were written by articulate young women describing their experiences of mental illness.