Cover of The Camera My Mother Gave Me

The Camera My Mother Gave Me

by Unknown Author

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176 pages2001KnopfISBN 9780679443902

About this book

It's a yeast infection, said my gynecologist in June.

Publication Details

Publisher
Knopf
Published
2001
Pages
176
ISBN
9780679443902

About Unknown Author

Susanna Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kaysen attended high school at the Commonwealth School in Boston and the Cambridge School before being sent to McLean Hospital in 1967 to undergo psychiatric treatment for depression. It was there she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She was released after eighteen months. She later drew on this experience for her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was made into a film in 1999.

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