"In this unusual and moving novel, Mrs. Randal takes us into the inner rooms of the minds of five young women, each of whom has, for reasons rooted in both past and present, suffered emotional breakdown. With Katherine, we live through the hours as reality slips beyond grasp; with Alice, we suffer the indignity of the bare cell and the terror of electric shock; with Binnie and Carol, we share the empty world between madness and sanity. And with Janet, we return at last to reality--having discovered, in experiencing both the agony and the final release, the depths within ourselves...."
Five short stories connected by the fact that they are all about "the inner room" or mind of women who have had mental breakdowns.
"In this unusual and moving novel, Mrs. Randal takes us into the inner rooms of the minds of five young women, each of whom has, for reasons rooted in both past and present, suffered emotional breakdown. With Katherine, we live through the hours as reality slips beyond grasp; with Alice, we suffer the indignity of the bare cell and the terror of electric shock; with Binnie and Carol, we share the empty world between madness and sanity. And with Janet, we return at last to reality--having discovered, in experiencing both the agony and the final release, the depths within ourselves...."
Five short stories connected by the fact that they are all about "the inner room" or mind of women who have had mental breakdowns.