Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Robert Whitaker, Lisa Rinzler, Peter Stastny, Darby Penney

Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Robert Whitaker, Lisa Rinzler, Peter Stastny, Darby Penney

208 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

nonfiction history psychology emotional informative sad slow-paced
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When Willard State Hospital closed its doors in 1995, after operating as one of New York State’s largest mental institutions for over 120 years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered. Using the possess...

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